Acouchi - Original Hand-Colored Engraving by Andrew Bell - Buffon 1791
€25.00
Original engraving of 1791, hand-colored, with the acouchi, the small South American rodent related to the agouti, on rocky ground and within an engraved border. Lettered above with the number CCXCII, below with the title "Acouchi" and the signature A. Bell sculpt.
Original engraving of 1791, hand-colored, with the acouchi, the small South American rodent related to the agouti, on rocky ground and within an engraved border. Lettered above with the number CCXCII, below with the title "Acouchi" and the signature A. Bell sculpt.
The natural history illustrations of Andrew Bell (1726-1809), an Edinburgh engraver and co-founder of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, accompanied William Smellie's English translation of Buffon's Natural History.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored
Engraver / lithographer: Andrew Bell (1726-1809)
Date: 1791
Source: Buffon's Natural History, English edition
Dimensions: 5.1 x 8.3 in (13 x 21 cm)
Condition: Fair. Mounted in a mat; laid paper slightly cockled and with one or two very light creases in the upper margin.
2788
16 other products in the same category:
Original engraving of 1791, hand-colored, with the acouchi, the small South American rodent related to the agouti, on rocky ground and within an engraved border. Lettered above with the number CCXCII, below with the title "Acouchi" and the signature A. Bell sculpt.