Pair of Parrots-Hand Colored Engraving

Pair of Parrots-Hand Colored Engraving. Histoire Naturelle, Generale et particuliere avec la description du cabinet du roi by George-Louis Leclerk de Buffon. Printed in Paris from 1749 and continued after Buffon's death in 1788. Hand colored at a later date. Gold frame, ivory mat, gold liner. Plate 141- The Mascarine Parrot. Plate 145- The White Fronted Parrot. Overall size 12"wide x 15" high