1769 Buffon French Engraving, Le Grand Danois

An original 18th century French engraving from the 1769 edition of Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière, published in Paris by the Imprimerie Royale.

Titled Le Grand Danois, this beautifully detailed plate depicts the large Danish dog, an early type associated with what we know today as the Great Dane, standing within an elegant garden landscape. The engraving is from Tome VI and is signed Bréant Sculp.

Each engraving in this collection was individually removed from the same 1769 volume and is an authentic period print, not a later reproduction. Over 250 years old, the paper shows the expected signs of age, including toning, occasional spotting and variations along the edges.

France, 1769
Original copperplate engraving on laid paper