The Cougar & Lynx by Buffon, Circa 1744 Mexico light foxing and minor chip

light foxing and minor chip on border on upper right corner

published by Johnson & Ward

titled "Santa Claus Round the World"

A charming late 20th-century hand-colored architectural print by artist Liz Bryant

The Cougar & Lynx by Buffon, Circa 1744 Mexico light foxing and minor chipOriginal copperplate engraving of Le Couguar, Le Linx (The Cougar, The Lynx) by artist Franois Nicolas Martinet. From the natural history encyclopedia Histoire Naturelle, part of a larger work by the engraver Comte de Buffon, Circa 1774. Buffon (1707 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist and author. Buffon's views influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin.