Jun 4
🐋 Compléments de Buffon. t.1. Paris: P. Pourrat Frères, 1838. Original source Image description: Historical illustration titled “Compléments de Buffon. t.1. Paris: P. Pourrat Frères, 1838,” depicting three marine mammals. The middle figure is a beluga whale (Beluga glacialis), shown in a pale color with a rounded forehead and small flippers. Above it is a darker, elongated dolphin-like figure labeled “Aodon Dalei.” Below is a darker, toothed whale labeled “Susu Platanista,” featuring a long, narrow beak with visible teeth. The animals are drawn with fine linear shading to indicate texture and form, arranged vertically on a plain background with their scientific names noted below.
