" Majestatis naturæ by ingenium (Genius equal to the majesty of nature.)
[Inscribed ordered by King Louis XV for the base of a statue of Buffon placed at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris.] "
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![Georges-Louis Leclerc quote : <i>Majestatis naturæ by ingenium</i> (Genius equal to the majesty of nature.)<br /><br />[<i>Inscribed ordered by King Louis XV for the base of a statue of Buffon placed at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</i>]](/image/1144024.jpg)