The engravings by De Sève after the drawing by Oudry were published in the Histoire Naturelle by G.L. Leclerc de Buffon. The chapter on the rhinoceros in this multi-volume work was published from 1764, in various formats (quarto, octavo, duodecimo). There were later additions to the text. The Histoire Naturelle was regularly reprinted, edited, and also translated – well into the 19th century and even later. Here we will restrict to editions published before 1799, at the end of the eighteenth century.
For the text of the observations by Daubenton of Clara in 1749, refer Source 4761. Daubenton, Histoire Naturelle 1764
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
4811. Drawing in black chalk, signed, not dated
4812. Drawing in red chalk, not signed, not dated
4813. Large painting oil-on-canvas, not signed. Exhibited in Salon 1750. Schwerin.
4814. Plaster model. Currently unknown.
After Oudry
4816. Dietrich Findorff, Painting oil-on-canvas. Schwerin.
4817. Artist unknown, Painting oil-on-canvas. Sold Drouot.
Jacques de Sève – Drawings
4821. Drawing in grey watercolour, signed, dated 1750. For Buffon, Histoire Naturelle.
Jacques de Sève – Engraved vignettes in Buffon
4824. Engraved vignette. Drawn by De Sève, engraved Defehrt. In Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1764.
4825. Engraved vignette. Drawn by De Sève. Not signed. In Buffon, Natuurlijke Historie. Amsterdam, 1779.
Jacques de Sève – Examples with rabbit
4831. Drawing of Rabbit, with broadsheet of rhinoceros on the wall. Signed, dated 1756. For Buffon, Histoire Naturelle.
4832. Engraved plate of Rabbit. Drawn by De Sève, engraved Moitte. In Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1756.
Jacques de Sève – Engraved plates in Buffon and derivatives – chronological to 1799
4841. De Sève, engraved Baquoy – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1764.
4842. De Sève, engraved Haussard – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle (12mo), Paris 1766.
4843. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, German translation, 1767
4844. Martinet (after De Sève), engraved by Bénard – in Diderot, Encyclopédie, first edition, 1768.
4845. De Sève, engraved by Breant – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1769
4846. De Sève, engraved by Fritzsch – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, Amsterdam, 1769.
4847. Martinet (after De Sève), engraved by Fambrini – in Diderot, Encyclopédie, 2nd edition, 1770
4848. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Italian translation, 1772
4849. Plate (after De Sève), engraver unknown – in Diderot, Encyclopédie, 3rd edition, 1774.
4850. De Sève, engraved by Taylor – in Goldsmith, History of the Earth, 1774.
4856. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Kenrick’s English, 1775
4857. De Sève, engraved by Breant – in Buffon, Oeuvres, 1775
4858. De Sève, engraved by Breant – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1775
4859. De Sève, engraved by Fritzsch – in Buffon, Dutch translation, Amsterdam, 1779.
4860. De Sève, engraved by Bell – in Buffon, Smellie’s English, 1780
4861. Engravings from Buffon copied as drawings from Buffon, after 1782
4862. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Italian translation, 1784
4863. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, German translation, 1784
4864. De Sève, engraved by Baquoy – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1785
4865. De Sève, engraved by Bell – in Buffon, Smellie’s English, 1785
4866. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, German translation, 1786
4867. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1787
4868. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Italian translation, 1788
4876. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Bewick, Quadrupeds, 1790
4877. De Sève, engraved by Bell – in Buffon, Smellie’s English, 1791
4878. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, English abridged, London 1791
4879. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, English abridged, Dublin 1791
4880. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, English abridged, 1791
4881. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Barr’s English, 1792
4886. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Pasteur, Natuurlijke Historie, 1793
4882. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Spanish translation, 1794
4883. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Barr’s English, 1797
4884. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Castel’s edition, 1798
4885. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Stereotype, 1799
Persons (alphabetical):
Jean-Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert (1717-1783), French author
Jean Charles Baquoy (1721–1777), French engraver
Robert Bénard (1734-1794), engraver (working on the Encyclopédie)
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), French naturalist
Louis Jean-Marie D’Aubenton or Daubenton (1716-1799), French naturalist
Denis Diderot (1713-1784), French philosopher and writer
Ferdinando Fambrini (d. 1795), Italian artist
A.J. de Fehrt (c. 1723-1774), French engraver
Dietrich Findorff (1722-1772), German painter
Christian Friedrich Fritzsch (1719-1774), engraver
Jean Baptiste Haussard (1679-1749), engraver
Francois Nicolas Martinet (1724-1804), French artist
Pierre Etienne Moitte (1722–1780), French engraver
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755), French painter
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Source 4811. Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Drawing (1), signed
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755), French painter
Jean-Baptiste Oudry, “The Dutch Rhinoceros in Paris”
Drawing in black chalk heightened with white on bluish grey paper, 276 x 444 mm
Signed in ink in left bottom corner: “Oudry fecit”
Example:
London, British Museum: inv. no. 1918,0615.7
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1918-0615-7
Provenance: William Mayor [(1826-1874) art dealer in London], catalogue 1875, no. 561 (collector’s mark, Lugt 2799); Sir Edward J. Poynter [1836 – 1919] (Lugt 874); sold Sotheby’s in the Poynter sale 24-25 April 1918, lot 223 to Colnaghi’s for 32 pounds; bought by Otto Beit (1865-1930), who presented the drawing to the British Museum in 1918.
Literature:
- Mayor, W. 1875. A brief chronological description of a collection of original drawings and sketches by the old masters. This collection of drawings formed by the late William Mayor, can be seen by appointment at Messrs. Hogarth, London. London – p. 117, no. 561. Oudry. A study of a Rhinoceros. Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper. Signed by the artist. H. 11 3/5 inch, W. 17 ½ in.
- Locquin, J. 1912. Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre de Jean-Baptiste Oudry, peintre du Roi (1686-1755). Thesis presented to the Université de Paris [also published in Archives de l’Art Français, serie 2, vol. 2]. – listed on p. 135
- Poynter, E.J. 1918. Catalogue of the superb collection of drawings by Old Masters, the property of Sir Edward J. Poynter. Sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 24-25 April 1918.– p.47 lot 223. Oudry. Study of a Rhinoceros. Black and white chalk on grey paper. 11 in. by 17 1/8 in. * From the collection of W. Mayor.
- Opperman, H.N. 1977. Jean Baptiste Oudry. New York and London, vol. 1. – p. 785, no. D751
- Clarke, T.H. 1984. Two rhinoceros drawings re-attributed. Burlington Magazine 1984 October: 625-627, figs. 28-33 – fig. 30.
- Clarke 1986: 183, pl. X
- Wenley, R.; Cowie, H. 2021. Catalogue of exhibition. – p. 70-71, no. 9a
Source 4812. Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Drawing (2), not signed
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755), French painter
“The Dutch Rhinoceros in Paris”
formerly attributed to Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
Drawing in red chalk, 161 x 220 mm.
Paris, private collection
Literature
- Clarke, T.H. 1984. Two rhinoceros drawings re-attributed. Burlington Magazine 1984 October: 625-627, figs. 28-33. – fig. 28
- Clarke 1986: 194, fig.42
Source 4813. Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Painting in Schwerin
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755), French painter
* Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, called the Pious 1717-1785
“The Dutch Rhinoceros in Paris”
Painting in Schwerin, Staatliches Museum, inv.no. 1928
Oil on canvas,
Size 310 x 456 cm.
History: Painted after nature at the Foire Saint-Germain in 1749
Exhibited in the Salon of 1750, no. 38.
Sold to the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1750 for 800 livres.
The painting was probably in Schwerin as early as 1752 (Baudis & Hegner 2005)
First kept in Ludwigslust near Schwerin
Oudry’s painting was bought by the Duke of Schwerin in 1750, but only transported from Ludwigslust to Schwerin in 1801 (Baudis & Hegner 2005)
Anonymous 1750. [Salon de Paris 1750] Explication des peintures, sculptures, et autres ouvrages de Messieurs de l’Academie Royale. Paris, Jacques-Francois Collombat.
Oudry’s Exhibited in Salon of 1750, no. 38 –
“Le Rhinocéros, grand comme nature, sur une toile de 15 pieds de large sur 10 de hauteur. Cet animal a été peint dans sa loge à la Foire de St. Germain: il appartient à l’auteur.”
Literature:
- Seidel, P. 1890. Beiträge zur Lebensgeschichte Jean Baptiste Oudry’s (1686-1755) mit besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner Gemälde in Schwerin und seiner Verbindungen mit dem Mecklenburgischen Hofe. Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 13: 80-110 – p. 90 Catalogue of Oudry’s works in Schwerin, no. 44 (Kat. 807) Rhinoceros in natürlicher Grösse. H. 3,105. Br. 4,562. (Vom Jahre 1750).
- Opperman, H.N. 1977. Jean Baptiste Oudry. New York and London, Graland Publishing. vol. 1. – p. 488, no. P349
- Berswordt-Wallrabe, K. von, 2008. Oudrys gemalte Menagerie: Porträts von exotischen Tieren im Europa des 18. Jahrhunderts. Schwerin, Staatliches Museum und Munchen-Berlin, Deutscher Kunstverlag, pp. i-xvi, 1-151
- Baudis, H.; Hegner, K., 2005. Johann Dietrich Findorff 1722-1772: ein mecklenburgischer Hofmaler. Werkverzeichnis der Gemalde, Zeichnungen und Radierungen. Schwerin, Staatliches Museum, pp. 1-156 – see pp. 52-53, illustrated
- Morton, M., 2007. Oudry’s painted menagerie: portraits of exotic animals in eighteenth-century Europe. Los Angeles, J.Paul Getty Trust, pp. i-xvi, 1-151
- Leonard, M., 2007. Notes on the restoration of Jean-Baptiste Oudry’s Rhinoceros and Lion. In: Morton, M. Oudry’s painted menagerie: portraits of exotic animals in eighteenth-century Europe. Los Angeles, J.Paul Getty Trust: pp. 105-118, figs. 1-9
- Schoenfeld, C., 2000. Die Werke Oudrys im Staatlichen Museum Schwerin. In: Jean-Baptiste Oudry und Jean-Antoine Houdon: Verdachtnis der Aufklarung (Schwerin, Staatliches Museum): pp. 31-165 – p. 162, no. 75
- Schoenfeld, Claudia, 2011. Friedrich der Fromme und die Künste. Mecklenburgischen Jahrbücher 126: 153-189 – pp. 179, 180 Oudry offered his menagerie series to Schwerin in 1750, arrived that year.
- Clarke 1986: 65
- Van der Ham 2022: 137, 140-141 – illustrated
Source 4814. Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Plaster model of rhinoceros
Oudry presented a plaster model to Schwerin in 1750.
Currently unknown. Reference to Seidel not verified.
Literature:
- Opperman, H.N. 1977. Jean Baptiste Oudry. New York, vol. 1. – p. 488, no. P349 – “Oudry gave a plaster model of the rhinoceros to Prince Friedrich in 1750; it was still in Schwerin in Seidel’s day, but I have not looked for it. Although supposedly painted from nature, the animal is very close to Dürer’s famous woodcut of 1515. But then, all rhinoceroses look alike.”
Source 4816. Findorff, Oil painting after Oudry of 1750
Dietrich Findorff (1722-1772)
Rhinoceros (after Oudry)
Painting, Oil on canvas, 112 x 140 cm
Schwerin, Staatliches Museum
At Ludwiglust Palace
Literature:
- Baudis, H.; Hegner, K. 2005. Johann Dietrich Findorff 1722-1772: ein mecklenburgischer Hofmaler. Werkverzeichnis der Gemalde, Zeichnungen und Radierungen. Schwerin, Staatliches Museum. – see pp. 52-53, illustrated – “Wohl bereits 1752 befand sich das von Findorff gemalte Rhinoceros in der herzoglichen Galerie , während das 1750 erworbene lebensgroße Original erst 1808 mit weiteren 101 Gemälden von Ludwigslust nach Schwerin überführt wurde.”
- Hegner, K. 2018. Zur Geschichte und Funktion der Gemäldekopien in den grossherzoglichen-mecklenburgischen Kunstsammlungen. In: Putzger, A.; Heisterberg, M.; Müller-Bechtel, S., Nichts Neues schaffen: Perspektiven auf die treue Kopie 1300-1900. Berlin. pp. 191-213.
- Groth, J.G. 1792. Verzeichniss der Gemälde in der Herzoglichen Gallerie. Schwerin. – [p.103] Das dritte Zimmer, in welchem das Perpetuum mobile stehet; [p.105] Die Wand linker Hand. Dieterich Findorff. 20. Ein Rhinoceros. Im kleinen nach Oudry kopirt; auf Leinw., 4 F. hoch, 4 F. 10 Z. br.
- Leonard, M. 2007. Notes on the restoration of Jean-Baptiste Oudry’s Rhinoceros and Lion. In: Morton, M. Oudry’s painted menagerie: portraits of exotic animals in eighteenth-century Europe. Los Angeles, J.Paul Getty Trust: pp. i-xvi, 1-151 – figure p. 116
Source 4817. Painting, anonymous – after Oudry
Painting sold at Drouot
https://uk.drouot.com/l/15092036-follower-of-jean-baptiste-oudr
No information on website (2022)
Oil on canvas, 71×93 cm
see also same painting:
https://live.dorotheum.com/lots/view/4-2HKKTN/follower-of-jean-baptiste-oudry
Another example sold in 2026 in Italy:
Bertolami Fine Arts, Rome
https://www.bertolamifineart.com/uk/auction-0371/old-master.asp?action=reset#catalogue
Auction. 371. Old master paintings from 14th to 19th century.
Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli – Piazza Lovatelli, 1 Rome, thu 5 March 2026
Lot 124. Circle of Oudry. Rhinoceros. Oil on canvas. cm. 36×49. Framed
The painting is a replica of the work by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, preserved in the Staatliches Museum, Schwerin.
Jacques de Sève – Drawings
Source 4821. Jacques De Sève, drawing (1)
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
The Rhinoceros, after Oudry
Drawing in grey watercolour, 102 x 150 mm
Signed and dated 1750
From a volume:
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes
Figures pour l’histoire des Quadrupèdes par Mr. de Buffon, depuis originaux par De Sève.
p.53 r
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10527919x/f113.item
Literature:
- Clarke 1986: 67, fig. 43
Inscription
[lower left on stone:} De Sève 1750
[handwritten below drawing] Le Rhinoceros. T. XI. pag. 202
Jacques de Sève – engraved vignettes in Buffon
Source 4824. De Sève, Vignette, after Oudry, reversed – in Buffon 1764
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
A.J. Defehrt – A.J. de Fehrt (c. 1723-1774), French engraver
The vignette appears in many of the editions of the Histoire Naturelle in the volume containing the chapters on elephant and rhinoceros. Here only information on two early occurrences.
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Daubenton, L.J.M. 1764. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. vol. 11
Vignette on p. 1
Artists
[below left] De Seve del.
[below right] Defehrt sculp.
Source 4825. Engraved vignette. Drawn by De Sève. Not signed – Buffon, Natuurlijke Historie. Amsterdam, 1779.
This version is found in Dutch edition:
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Daubenton, L.J.M. 1779. De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie met de beschryving van des Konings Kabinet. Amsterdam, J.H. Schneider. vol. 11, pp. i-iv, 1-262.
Buffon translated C. van Engelen, Daubenton by J. Voegen van Engelen, adjunkt stads-doctor te Leyden.
* Cornelis van Engelen (1722/26-1793)
Note horn reaches the tail of the elephant, in 1764 it is more right of the tail
Jacques de Sève – Examples with rabbit
Source 4831. De Sève 1756 – Illustration of broadsheet behind a rabbit, in Buffon
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
Drawing of domestic rabbit, showing in the background a broadsheet with the rhinoceros Clara on the wall.
Original drawing : De Seve 1756
Rabbit to right, Rhino to left
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes
Figures pour l’histoire des quadrupèdes, par M. de Buffon.. Tome II / Déssins [sic] originaux par DeSeve et Buvée, avec les Gravures des Editions in12 et in4° vol. 5 à 7. – p. 117
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b105279154/f121.item
Source 4832. Engraved plate of Rabbit.
Drawn by De Sève, engraved Moitte. In Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1756.
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
Pierre Etienne Moitte (1722–1780), French engraver
Buffon. 1756. Histoire naturelle, vol. 6. Paris, Imprimerie Royale – pl. LI p. 340
rhino on billboard on back wall.
Engaving of domestic rabbit, showing in the background a broadsheet with the rhinoceros Clara on the wall. This hand coloured print is from the 1770 quarto size edition of the Buffon series Histoire Naturelle. The image of the rhino is more pronounced in the drawing for this print.
Text on engraving
[lower left] De Seve del.
[lower right] P.E. Moitte sculp.
Another example:
Text on engraving
[title] Le Lapin Domestique.
[upper left] Tome II.
[upper right] Pl. LI Pag 340.
[lower left] De Seve del.
[lower right] P.E. Moitte sculp.
Jacques de Sève – Engraved plates in Buffon and derivatives
chronological – until end of 18th century
Source 4841. De Sève, engraving by Baquoy – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1764
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
Jean Charles Baquoy (1721–1777), French engraver
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Daubenton, L.J.M. 1764. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. vol. 11, pp. i-iv, 1-451. – 4to
Plate VII (7) after p. 202
Rhino faces left, with a hill rising upwards from the middle of the back of the animal. There is a low sloping hill below the animal’s head.
Size: 22 x 17 cm
Text on plate:
[Title] Le Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Tome XI.
[upper right] Pl. VII pag. 202.
[lower left] De Seve del.
[lower right] C. Baquoy sc.
Literature
- Clarke 1986: 68, fig. 44
- Morton 2007: 143, illustrated
- Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes
- Wenley, R.; Cowie, H. 2021. Catalogue of exhibition. – p. 73, no. 9b
Source 4842. De Sève, engraving by Haussard – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1766
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
Jean Baptiste Haussard (1679-1749), engraver
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Daubenton, L.J.M. 1766. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi, vol. 22. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. [12mo edition].
Plate VII after p. 274
Rhino faces left, with a hill rising from the middle of the back of the animal. There is a low, sloping hill below the animal’s head – different from Bacquoy edition
[Title] Le Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Tom. XXII.
[upper right] Pl. VII. Pag. 274.
[lower left] de Sève del.
[lower right] C.ne Haussard Sculp. [C.ne = Citoyen]
Published:
Also found in: Figures pour l’histoire des Quadrupèdes par Mr. de Buffon, depuis originaux par De Sève. p.53 r. – Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10527919x/f113.item
Source 4843. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, German translation, 1767
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1767. Allgemeine Historie der Natur nach allen ihren besondern Theilen abgehandelt; nebst einer Beschreibung der Naturalienkammer Sr. Majestät des Königes von Frankreich, vol. 6 part 1. Leipzig, Adam Heinrich Hollens Witwe.
Plate VII after p. 110
Rhino faces left, with a hill rising from the middle of the back of the animal. There is a low, sloping hill below the animal’s head. No artists on plate.
[Title] Das Nasehorn
[upper left] VI. Th. I. B.
[upper right] Tafel VII. 110 Seite
[no artists]
Source 4844. Martinet (after De Sève), engraved by Bénard – in Diderot, Encyclopédie, first edition, 1768.
Denis Diderot (1713-1784), French philosopher and writer
Jean-Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert (1717-1783)
Francois Nicolas Martinet (1724-1804), French artist
Robert Bénard (1734-1794), engraver (working on the Encyclopédie)
Ferdinando Fambrini (d. 1795), Italian artist
Plates of Encyclopedie in separate volumes of Planches called Receuil:
The Receuil des Planches had first edition of 1768, with artists Martinet, Bénard
The Receuil des Planches had second edition of 1770, with artist Fambrini
The Receuil des Planches had third edition of 1774, without artist shown
Literature:
- Ridley, G. 2022. Art and merchandise – 170, fig. 6.4 – says that the plate was appropriated by Buffon for his Histoire Naturelle – which seems to suggest that Buffon 1764 was after the Encyclopedie (?1768)
The text on the Rhinocéros in the Encyclopedie – written by Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716-1800).
First edition:
Diderot, D.; Alembert, J. Le Rond de, 1751. Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, 1st edn. Neufchatel, Samuel Faulche and Compagnie, vol. 14, p. 251-252 (text only) – refers “Pl. I fig. 2 (Hist. nat. Zoolog.)” – no text about Clara
New editions:
Diderot, D.; Alembert, J. Le Rond de 1765. Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers. Neufchatel, Samuel Faulche and Compagnie. vol. 14 – text p. 252
Diderot, D.; Alembert, J. Le Rond d’, 1778. Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers. Nouvelle Edition. Genève, Pellet, vol. 29 – text p. 154
Diderot, D.; Alembert, J. Le Rond de 1768. Receuil des planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques avec leur explication. Paris, Briasson, David, Le Breton. vol. 6 (5th livraison).
Plate I in first edition of Receuil des Planches 1768:
Rhinoceros facing right. Scale of 6 pieds [feet] below the animal. No hill behind animal’s back. Simple landscape. The rhino shares the plate with the elephant on lower half.
* The scale appears to give a total length of the rhinoceros of about 12 feet from nose to tail.
Text on plate (Receuil 1768, pl. I)
[title] Histoire Naturelle. Fig. 1. L’Elephant. Fig. 2. Le Rhinoceros
[upper right] Pl. I.
[lower left] Martinet del.
[lower right] Benard direxit.
Receuil 1768
Source 4845. De Sève, engraved by Breant – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1769
* Joseph Breant, no dates known [BNF], Graveur de Rouen, établi a Paris
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1769. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere. Nouvelle edition. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. vol. 9, pp. i-vi, i-xlviii, 1-349 [Rhinoceros: pp. 317-349, pl. 21].
Volume 9, pl. 21
Rhino on plate facing left, with a hill rising from the middle of the back of the animal. There is a small hill below the animal’s head.
[Title] Le Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Tom. IX.
[upper right] pl. 21 pag. 348.
[lower right] Breant sculp.
Source 4846. De Sève, engraved by Fritzsch – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, Amsterdam, 1769
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
Christian Friedrich Fritzsch (1719-1774)
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Daubenton, L.J.M. 1769. Histoire naturelle, génerale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. Nouvelle edition, vol. 11. Amsterdam, J.H. Schneider.
pp. 70-78 Le Rhinoceros [Buffon]. pp. 79-81 Description du Rhinoceros [Daubenton]. pp. 82-84 Partie du Cabinet [Daubenton]. NB. Dutch edition, vol. 11, 1779
Volume 11, after p. 78
Rhino facing left. Hill behind back. Small hill below head.
[Title] Le Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Tom. XI.
[upper right] Pl. VIII.
[lower left] De Seve del.
[lower right] C.F. Fritzsch sc.
a
Coloured copy in Iconographia Zoologica, Artis Library, Amsterdam – Box 99: 220.04.01.067
Collection: https://archives.uba.uva.nl/resources/ubainv274
Rhinoceros items: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rhinoceros_in_Iconographia_Zoologica
Height: 26,69 cm. Width: 20,68 cm.
Source 4847. Martinet (after De Sève), engraved by Fambrini – in Diderot, Encyclopédie, 2nd edition, 1770
Planches, second edition, 1770:
Diderot, D. et al., 1770. Planches pour l’Encyclopedie, ou pour le Dictionnaire raissonne des sciences des arts liberaux, et des arts mechaniques avec leur explication. Lucques, Vincent Giuntini , vol. 6 (5th livraison) – seconde edition
Text on plate (Receuil 1770, pl. I)
[title] Histoire Naturelle. Fig. 1. L’Elephant. Fig. 2. Le Rhinoceros
[upper right] T. VI – Pl. I.
[lower left] 1
[lower right] Fambrini dir.
Receuil 1770, plate with one artist
Source 4848. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Italian translation, 1772
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Daubenton, L.J.M. 1772. Storia naturale, generale, e particolare, colla descrizione del Gabinetto del Rel. Milano, Giuseppe Galeazzi. vol. 22.
Text pp. 209-237 (Rhinoceros), 238-245 (Descrizione), 246-252 (Cabinet)
Plate 22 after p. 252
Rhino faces left. Hill behind back. Small hill below head.
[Title] Il Rinoceronte.
[upper left] Tom. XXII.
[upper right] Tav. 7.
[no artists]
Source 4849. Plate (after De Sève), engraver unknown – in Diderot, Encyclopédie, 3rd edition, 1774
Planches, third edition, 1774
Diderot, D.; et al., 1774. Recueil de planches pour l’Encyclopedie, ou pour le Dictionnaire raissonne des sciences des arts liberaux, et des arts mechaniques avec leur explication. Livourne, Imprimerie des Editeurs, vol. 6 (5th livraison) – troisieme edition
Text on plate (Receuil 1774, pl. I):
[title] Histoire Naturelle. Fig. 1. L’Elephant. Fig. 2. Le Rhinoceros
[upper right] Pl. I.
[lower left] 1
[lower right] [two characters, illegible]
Receuil 1774, Plate without artists
Source 4850. De Sève, engraved by Taylor – in Goldsmith, History of the Earth, 1774
Oliver Goldsmith (1730?-1774), poet and prolific author
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
Issac Taylor (1730-1807), English artist
Goldsmith, O. 1774. A history of the earth, and animated nature. London, J. Nourse. vol. 4, pp. 1-482. – Text on rhino pp. 285-291. Plate before p. 285.
Text on plate:
[title] The Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Vol. IV.
[upper right] Page. 285.
[lower left] De Sève del.
[lower right] I.c. Taylor sculp.
* This appears the only edition published while Goldsmith was alive.
Goldsmith, O. 1779. A history of the earth, and animated nature, 2nd edition, vol. 4. London, J. Nourse. pp. 1-482. – Text on rhino pp. 285 [error 385] -291. Plate before p. 285.
Text on plate:
[title] The Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Vol. IV.
[upper right] Page. 285.
[lower left] De Sève del.
[lower right] I.c. Taylor sculp.
1779, 2nd edn, p.284
Rhinoceros facing right, with hill in background, reversed from Buffon
Goldsmith, O. 1785. A history of the earth, and animated nature. London, J. Nourse. vol. 4, pp. 1-407 – Date MDCCLXXIV probably error for 1785. – pp. 285-291 Chapter IX. Of the rhinoceros. Plate [title: Rhinocerus] inserted before p. 285.
Goldsmith 1785, plate before p. 285
[title] The Rhinocerus. [sic]
[upper left] Vol. IV.
[upper right] Page. 285.
No artists included
Goldsmith, O. 1791. An history of the earth, and animated nature. A new edition, vol. 4. London, Printed for W. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse. – pp. 266-272 Chapter IX. Of the rhinoceros. Plate inserted before p. 266
Goldsmith 1791, plate before p. 266
[title] The Rhinoceros
[upper left] Vol. IV.
[upper right] Page. 268.
[lower left] De Sève del.
[lower right] I.c. Taylor sculp.
NB. Later editions continue to include the De Seve rhino, but not in all editions.
Goldsmith, O. 1790. An history of the earth and animated nature, 3rd edition, vol. 4. London, J. Lackington.
Text on plate:
[title] The Rhinocerus. [sic]
[upper left] Vol. IV.
[upper right] Page. 268.
[No artists included]
Goldsmith, O. 1797. A history of the earth, and animated nature. A new edition, vol. 2. London, Printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, and for Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, York. – pp. 404-407 Chapter III. Of the rhinoceros, Plate after p. 404
Text on plate:
[title] The Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Vol. II.
[upper right] Page 404
[No artists included]
Source 4850. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Kenrick’s English, 1775
* William Kenrick (1725?-1779), translator
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Kenrick, W. 1775. The natural history of animals, vegetables, and minerals, with the theory of the earth in general. London, T. Bell. vol. 3, pp. 1-514.
Rhino faces right. The rhino is on the same plate as an elephant.
[title] The Rhinoceros. The Elephant.
[upper left] ol. IV
[upper right] Pag. 223
[no artists]
Source 4857. De Sève, engraved by Breant – in Buffon, Oeuvres, 1775
* Joseph Breant (no dates known), Graveur de Rouen, établi a Paris
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1775. Oeuvres complètes. Tome Quatrième: Histoire des animaux quadrupèdes. Paris, Imprimerie Royale. pp. i-v, i-xlviii, 1-349. (Probably 12mo).
Rhinoceros pp. 317-349, only first section by Buffon.
Plate after p. 348
Rhino faces right.
[Title] Le Rhinocéros.
[upper left] Tom. IV.
[upper right] Pl. 21. p. 348.
[lower left]
[lower right] B. dir.
* It is likely that B. is initial for Breant, see Source 4858
Source 4858. De Sève, engraved by Breant – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1775
* Joseph Breant (no dates), Graveur de Rouen, établi a Paris
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1775. Histoire naturelle, génerale et particuliere. Nouvelle edition, vol. 3 Seconde partie. Paris, Hôtel de Thou: pp. i, 267-558, i-ii. 8vo octavo edition
Text of rhinoceros pp. 424-438, only first section by Buffon.
Rhino faces left, with hill behind the animal’s back, a small hill below the head. There is a yellow border around the illustration.
Vol. 3, pl. 61 at p. 438:
[Title] Le Rhinocéros.
[upper left] Tom. III.
[upper right] Pl. 61. pag. 438
[lower left]
[lower right] Breant sculp.
Source 4859. De Sève, engraved by Fritzsch – in Buffon, Dutch translation, Amsterdam, 1779
Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742-1788), French illustrator.
Christian Friedrich Fritzsch (1719-1774)
* Cornelis van Engelen (1722/26-1793)
* J. Voegen van Engelen (no dates)
This version is found in Dutch edition:
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Daubenton, L.J.M. 1779. De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie met de beschryving van des Konings Kabinet. Amsterdam, J.H. Schneider. vol. 11, pp. i-iv, 1-262. – Buffon translated by C. van Engelen, Daubenton by J. Voegen van Engelen, adjunkt stads-doctor te Leyden.
Text of volume in Dutch, plate title in French.
Rhino faces left, with a hill rising from the middle of the back of the animal. The hill below the animal’s head has disappeared.
Volume 11, plate VII following p. 116
[Title] Le Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Tome XI.
[upper right] Pl. VII
[lower left] De Sève del.
[lower right] C.F. Fritzsch sc.
Source 4860. De Sève, engraved by Bell – in Buffon, Smellie’s English, 1780
William Smellie (1740-1795), publisher
Andrew Bell (1726-1809), engraver
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Smellie, W. 1780. Natural history, general and particular, translated into english, vol. 6. Edinburgh, William Creech. pp. 1-499.
Rhino facing right. In a frame
Plate after vol. 6, p. 96
[Title] Rhinoceros.
[upper middle] Plate CLXIV
[lower left]
[lower right] A. Bell. sculp.
Source 4861. Engravings from Buffon copied as drawings from Buffon, after 1782
Set of drawings taken from Histoire Naturelle. Date must be after 1782 (when the African rhinoceros was first inserted in one of the supplements).
Pl. 130 [?]
Le Rhinoceros.
Drawing in colour of single-horned rhinoceros within a blue frame. The animal faces right, and has only the ground shown, no further landscape behind the animal.. There are no names of artists.
This item is found among a set of 371 drawings in a bound volume without title-page and without provenance.
Université de Strasbourg, shelf H 16.255
Collection des animaux quadrupèdes : planches coloriées sans texte
https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/26263/rec/14
Handwritten title:
Comte de Buffon. Quadrupèdes, contenant 371 planches coloriés.
Genève 1754. Paris ?
Digital:
Collections patrimoniales numérisées des bibliothèques de l’Université de Strasbourg
p. 220 [two-horned is 221]
The same set is in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library), The Hague, shelf KW 3158 F 11
http://books.google.com/books?vid=KBNL:KBNL03000357832
said to consist of 355 plates.
The African two-horned rhinoceros in this Strasbourg set (no. 221) is similar to the rhinoceros of R.J. Gordon which was added in supplementary material to the Histoire Naturelle. The text and plate on the African rhinoceros was added by Jean-Nicolas Allamand ( ), first in the French edition published by J.H. Schneider in Amsterdam – Supplement 5, 1781, pp. 9-13, pl. V. This was reprinted in the Dutch edition published by J.H. Schneider in Amsterdam (vol. XVI, 1785, pp. 1-7, pl. I) and also in the French edition of the Imprimerie Royale in Paris (Supplement 6, 1782, pp. 78-84, pl. VI).
Refer:
Rookmaaker, L.C. 1992. J.N.S. Allamand’s additions (1769-1781) to the Nouvelle Edition of Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle published in Holland. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Amsterdam 61 (3): 131-162, figs. 1-10, table 1. doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06103001
Source 4862. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Italian translation, 1784
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1784. Raccolta di storia naturale, vol. 3. Roma, Stamperia Pagliarini.
[Title] L’Elefante | Il Rinoceronte | Il Cammello | Il Dromedario
[upper middle] Tom. III. Tav. XV.
[no artists]
Source 4863. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, German translation, 1784
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Otto, B.C. (translator) 1784. Naturgeschichte der vierfussigen Thiere. Aus dem Franzosischen übersetzt, mit Anmerkungen, Zusatzen und vielen Kupfern vermehret. Berlin, Joachim Pauli. vol. 9.
Rhino faces right.
[title] Das Nasehorn.
[No plate number.]
[No artists]
Source 4864. De Sève, engraved by Baquoy – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1785
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1785. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere. Quadrupèdes, vol. 4. Paris, Imprimerie Royale.
Rhino facing left. In landscape with hill.
[Title] Le Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Tom. IV.
[upper right] Pl. XXXVII. Pag. 312
[lower left] De Seve delin.
[lower right] C. Baquoy sculp.
Source 4865. De Sève, engraved by Bell – in Buffon, Smellie’s English, 1785
William Smellie (1740-1795), publisher
Andrew Bell (1726-1809), engraver
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Smellie, W. 1785. Natural history, general and particular, translated into english, 2nd ed. London, W.Strahan and T.Cadell. vol. 6, pp. 1-484.
Earlier edition 1780
[Title] Rhinoceros.
[upper middle] Plate CLXVII
[lower left]
[lower right] A. Bell. sculp.
Source 4866. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, German translation, 1786
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1786. Naturgeschichte der vierfussigen Thiere, vol. 9 Brunn, Joseph Georg Trassler. – pp. 3-56 chapter LXX Das Nasehorn. Plate CLV before p. 3
Rhino facing right. Landscape with hill.
Buffon 1785, Plate CLV before p. 3
[Title] Das Nasehorn.
[upper left]
[upper right] Tab. CLV.
[lower left] Buff. N.d.Vierf. T. IX. T.
[no artists]
Source 4867. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, 1787
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1787. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere. Quadrupèdes, vol. 4. Deux-Ponts, Sanson et Compagnie. pp. 1-312. – pp. 286-311 Le Rhinoceros, plate 10 after p. 286
One-horned rhinoceros facing right. No landscape behind the animal.
Together with two-horned rhinoceros. In black double frame.
Plate vol. 4 plate 10
[Title] 1. Le Rhinocéros. 2. Le Rhinocéros d’Afrique.
[upper left] Tom. IV.
[upper right] Pl. 10.
[no artists]
Source 4868. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Italian translation, 1788
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1788. Storia naturale, generale e particolare, vol. 16: Animali Quadrupedi. Venezia, Antonio Zatta. – pp. 3-67 Rinoceronte, Plate 1 after p. 36
Rhino facing right, in garden of plants, no hills. In a frame. No artists.
Buffon 1788, Plate 1 after p. 36
[Title] Il Rinoceronte.
[upper left] Tom. XVI.
[upper right] Tav. I.
[no artists]
Source 4876. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Bewick, Quadrupeds, 1790
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), English engraver.
Ralph Beilby (1744-1817), English engraver
Beilby, R.; Bewick, T. 1790. A general history of quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. Newcastle upon Tyne, printed by S. Hodgson, R.Beilby and T.Bewick. pp. 1-463. – text on rhinoceros pp. 141-144.
Rhino facing left. No hills. Simple landscape. No artists on plate.
Plate p. 141 upper part of page only.
[Title] The Rhinoceros.
[upper right] 141
Beilby, R.; Bewick, T. 1791. A general history of quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick, 2nd ed. Newcastle upon Tyne, printed by S. Hodgson, R.Beilby and T.Bewick. pp. 1-492.
Rhinoceros on p. 156, wood-engraving as in 1790.
Beilby, R.; Bewick, T. 1800. A general history of quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick, 4th ed. Newcastle upon Tyne, printed by S. Hodgson, R.Beilby and T.Bewick. pp. 1-534.
Rhinoceros on p. 175, wood-engraving as in 1790.
Source 4877. De Sève, engraved by Bell – in Buffon, Smellie’s English, 1791
William Smellie (1740-1795), publisher
Andrew Bell (1726-1809), engraver
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Smellie, W. 1791. Natural history, general and particular, translated into english, 3rd ed. London, W.Strahan and T.Cadell. vol. 6.
Earlier editions 1780 and 1785
[Title] Rhinoceros.
[upper middle] Plate CLXVII
[lower left]
[lower right] A. Bell. sculp.
Source 4878. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, English abridged, London 1791
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1791. Buffon’s natural history, abridged. London, C. and G. Kearsley. pp. xii, 530, vii (8vo). – Rhinoceros text pp. 215-219. Plate 13 at p. 246.
Rhinoceros facing right, no landscape. The Rhinoceros (p.215) is shown together with The Elephant (p. 202), The Juda Goat (p. 246) and Ditto (p. 246).
[Title] The Rhinoceros. [and others]
[upper left] Plate 13
[upper right] p. 246
[no artists]
Source 4879. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, English abridged, Dublin 1791
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1791. Buffon’s natural history, abridged. Illustrated with great variety of copper-plates, elegantly engraved. Dublin, P. Wogam, P. Byrne [and others]. – text on Rhinoceros pp. 215-219, Plate 28 follows p. 219.
Rhinoceros facing left, no landscape. It is shown together with The Elephant (p. 202), The Juda Goat (p. 246) and Ditto (p. 246).
[Title] The Rhinoceros. [and others]
[upper left] Plate 19
[upper right] p. 246
[no artists]
Source 4880. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, English abridged, 1792
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1792. Buffon’s natural history, abridged. London, C. and G. Kearsley. vol. 1, pp. 1-429. – text on Rhinoceros pp. 229-234, Plate 2 before p. 229.
Rhinoceros facing right, no landscape. The Rhinoceros (p.231) is shown together with The Elephant (p. 217), The Juda Goat (p. 349) and Ditto (p. 349).
[Title] The Rhinoceros. [and others]
[upper left] Plate 22
[upper right]
[no artists]
Source 4881. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Barr’s English, 1792
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Barr, J.S. 1792. Buffon’s natural history, containing a theory of the earth, a general history of man, of the brute creation, and of vegetable minerals, &c.&c. From the French, with notes by the translator (James Smith Barr). London, J.S.Barr. vol. 7, pp. 1-359. – Rhinoceros text pp. 322-338, plate with rhinoceros and elephant following p. 136.
Rhinoceros facing left, on lower half of plate. A tree below the head. Small hill behind the animal..
[Title] Rhinoceros.
[top middle] Engraved for Barrs Buffon
[below figure, middle] Fig. 134
[bottom middle] Published by J.S. Barr, Dec. 19, 1792
Note hat the reliance on De Seve has become very weak, and the plate might have had another source.
Another edition in 1797 with same plate, but slightly different lettering.
Source 4886. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Pasteur, Natuurlijke Historie, 1793
Pasteur, J.D. 1793. Beknopte natuurlijke historie der zoogende dieren. Leiden, Honkoop en du Mortier. vol. 1, pp. i-vi, 1-363.
Plate 5.
Rhino facing right. No landscape. Shares the plate with double-horned rhinoceros and elephant,
[top right] Pl. V.
[3 figures numbered 1. 2. 3. – no titles]
Pasteur writes about Clara:
[p.148] In het jaar 1749 is ‘er ook een eenhoornige Rhinoceros in Europa rondgevoerd; dit dier was zeer mak en het was deeze die gewoogen wierdt en vijf duizend ponden zwaar wierdt bevonden; hij at zestig pondfen hooi en twintig ponden brood en dronk veertien emmeren water elken dag; hij hieldt ook veel van bier en wijn en liet geduldig toe dat men hem den rook van tabak in zijnen neus en in zijnen bek blies; hij was voor ‘t overige zeer gulzig; eens stondt in het vaartuig, waarin men hem overbragt, een jongen wat digt bij hem, wanneer hij hem zijnen hoed van het hoofd rukte, en, eer men hem dien weder af kon neemen, in een oogenblik opvrat; hij was zeer mak en ook zeer gaauw, naar evenredigheid van zijne grootte en zijn log voorkoomen.
Translate:
In the year 1749, a one-horned rhinoceros was also transported around Europe; this animal was very tame, and it was this one that was weighed and found to weigh five thousand pounds; he ate sixty pounds of hay and twenty pounds of bread and drank fourteen buckets of water every day; he also loved beer and wine and patiently allowed the smoke of tobacco to be blown into his nose and mouth; otherwise, he was very gluttonous; once, in the vessel in which he was being transported, a boy was standing somewhat close to him when he snatched his hat from his head and, before it could be taken off again, devoured it in an instant; he was very tame and also very swift, in proportion to his size and his clumsy appearance.
Source 4882. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Spanish translation, 1794
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Faxordo, J.C. 1794. Historia natural, general y particular, traducida por D.Joseph Clavijo y Faxardo. Madrid, Viuda de Ibarra. vol. 13, pp. i-vi, 1-287.
Rhino facing right. Landscape with pond and trees.
[Title] Rinoceronte de Asia.
[upper left] Tom. XIII.
[upper right] Est. CLXXI.
[no artists]
Source 4883. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Barr’s English, 1797
James Smith Barr (1707-1788)
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Barr, J.S. 1797. Buffon’s natural history, containing a theory of the earth, a general history of man, of the brute creation, and of vegetable minerals, &c.&c. From the French, with notes by the translator (James Smith Barr). London, Printed for the proprietor. vol. 7, pp. i-iv, 1-339. – Rhinoceros text pp. 322-338, plate at p. 236.
Rhinoceros facing left, on lower half of plate. A tree below the head. Small hill behind the animal.
[Title] Rhinoceros.
[top middle] Engraved for Barrs Buffon
[below figure, middle] Fig. 134
[no artists]
Source 4884. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Castel’s edition, 1798
* René-Richard Castel (1758-1832)
* Pierre-François Tardieu (1711-1771), engraver
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de; Castel, R.R. 1798.(An 7) Histoire naturelle de Buffon, classée par ordres, genres et espèces, d’après le systeme de Linné; avec les caractères generiques et la nomenclature Linnéenne, vol. 6. Paris, Deterville.
One-horned rhino facing right. No landscape.
Together with double-horned rhino
[Title] Le Rhinoceros.
[upper left] Pag. 1.
[upper right] Tom. III.
[lower left] Deseve del.
[lower right] Tardieu sculp.
Source 4885. De Sève, engraver unknown – in Buffon, Stereotype, 1799
Buffon, G.L. Leclerc de 1799. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere: Quadrupèdes, vol. 4. Paris, Librairie Stereotype de P. Didot l’ainé et Firmin Didot. – pp. 271-296 Rhinoceros text. Plate 21 before p. 271
Rhino facing left. In landscape, with hill below the head. No hill behind the animal.
Tom. 4 / Pl. 21 Pag. 271
[Title] Le Rhinocéros.
[upper left] Tom. 4
[upper right] Pl. 21 Pag. 271
[lower middle] S. Pauquet sc.
Source 4886. Pasteur – see after Source 4881
THE DRAWING BY OUDRY, INITIALLY ENGRAVED BY DE SEVE, CONTINUED TO BE REPRODUCED IN LATER BOOKS, ESPECIALLY THE CONTINUED REPRINTS AND EDITED VERSIONS OF BUFFON’S WORKS. CLARA’S IMAGE OF 1749 HAS REMAINED A FAVOURITE OF PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS.
