impression:T95141

Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)

Things – T95141

Red Ruffed Lemur (Le Vari)

In Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi, vol. 13, Paris: l'Imprimerie royale (printer), 1765 (Paris, BnF)

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Details

Matrices

Jacques de Sève (designer), Pierre-Étienne Moitte (printmaker), Red Ruffed Lemur (L'imprimerie royale)

Actors

Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742 - 1788) designer
Pierre-Étienne Moitte (1 January 1722 - 4 September 1780) printmaker
l'Imprimerie royale printer : 1765

Places

Paris production place : 1765

Design

Jacques de Sève (designer), Pierre-Étienne Moitte (printmaker), Red Ruffed Lemur (L'imprimerie royale) Part of Set for Buffon's Histoire naturelle (L'Imprimerie royale) ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇥ M. Rennoldson (printmaker), Kangaroo and Red ruffed lemur (Hogg) Part of Bipartite plates Part of Set for Millar's New, Complete, Authentic, and Universal System of Geography (Hogg 1782) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)

Functional context

Buffon's Histoire naturelle (Natural history)

References

Web resources

digital copy (Gallica)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-07-19 18:49)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-07-19 18:50)