Portrait of Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon Product:Fine art poster usually referred to as a

usually referred to as a 'polyp' was the subject of a major series of researches by the Swiss naturalist Abraham Trembley (1710-1784) whose work is cited in the letter accompanying this illustration

Plate 15 from the monograph 'Die Beugungserscheinungen aus den Fundamentalgesetzen der Undulationstheorie analytisch entwickelt und in Bildern dargestellt' [Diffraction in the fundamental laws of wave theory developed analytically and presented in pictures]

costing the lives of 11 of the 20 partcipants

Plate 31 from Museum Leverianum containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever

Portrait of Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon Product:Fine art poster usually referred to as a