Jacques de Sève
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Jacques de Sève was a French
illustrator
.
He was commissioned by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
to provide the quadruped
illustrations for Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749-1778, in 36 volumes) (François-Nicolas Martinet
did the birds) and then Buffon's Receuil de Vingtquatre Plantes et Fleurs (1772). He also illustrated work by Duhamel du Monceau
, Claude Perrault
(later editions) and illustrated parts of Encyclopédie Méthodique
. His illustrations are sometimes exact anatomical representations or show the animals against landscape backgrounds. They were engraved by Louis Le Grand.
His son, Jacques Eustache also worked as an artist and engraver, contributing to the later Suites à Buffon
. Together father and son produced thousands of illustrations.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
.
He was commissioned by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author.His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier...
to provide the quadruped
Quadruped
Quadrupedalism is a form of land animal locomotion using four limbs or legs. An animal or machine that usually moves in a quadrupedal manner is known as a quadruped, meaning "four feet"...
illustrations for Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749-1778, in 36 volumes) (François-Nicolas Martinet
François-Nicolas Martinet
François-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist.Martinet engraved the plates for numerous works on natural history, especially ornithology. Notable in particular are those for l'Ornithologie de Mathurin Jacques Brisson .-External links:*...
did the birds) and then Buffon's Receuil de Vingtquatre Plantes et Fleurs (1772). He also illustrated work by Duhamel du Monceau
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau , was a French physician, naval engineer and botanist. As a botanist his standard abbreviation is Duhamel...
, Claude Perrault
Claude Perrault
Claude Perrault is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre Palace in Paris , but he also achieved success as a physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises on physics and natural history.Perrault was born and died in Paris...
(later editions) and illustrated parts of Encyclopédie Méthodique
Encyclopédie Méthodique
The Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières is a roughly 210 to 216 volumes encyclopedia that was published between 1782 and 1832 by the French publisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke, his son-in-law Henri Agasse, and the latter´s wife, Thérèse-Charlotte Agasse...
. His illustrations are sometimes exact anatomical representations or show the animals against landscape backgrounds. They were engraved by Louis Le Grand.
His son, Jacques Eustache also worked as an artist and engraver, contributing to the later Suites à Buffon
Suites à Buffon
Les Suites à Buffon is a French nineteenth-century scientific publicationLes Suites à Buffon carries the complete title Suites à Buffon formant avec les œuvres de cet auteur un cours complet d'histoire naturelle embrassant les trois règnes de la nature, confié aux plus célèbres naturalistes et...
. Together father and son produced thousands of illustrations.
Sources, Online texts
- The Buffon project: L'histoire naturelle online (in French), edited by a history of science labs from CNRS (2006). You can read online all the Buffon's natural history.