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François Nicolas Martinet|Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon

Autruche (Ostrich), from "Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux"

1770–86
Hand-colored etching and engraving
25 × 21 cm (9.8 × 8.3 in)

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