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Anguis Fragilis-Slow Worm - Snake - BOSCHI-1863 ATLANTE ZOOLOGICO

 

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Folio-sized, Hand-colored 1863 lithograph:

Angue Comune - Anguis fragilis

Slow-worms are semi-fossorial (burrowing) lizards spending much of the time hiding underneath objects. The skin of the varieties of slow-worm is smooth with scales that do not overlap one another. Like many other lizards, slow-worms autotomize, meaning that they have the ability to shed their tails in order to escape predators. The tail regrows, but remains smaller.

These reptiles are mostly active during the twilight and occasionally bask in the sun, but are more often found hiding beneath rocks and logs. They are carnivorous and, because they feed on slugs and worms, they can often be found in long grass and other damp environments.

Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Anguidae Genus: Anguis Species: A. fragilis

These Civil War era, extraordinarily beautiful, hand-colored, Italian lithographs are one of the most desirable of all natural history prints. They are extremely difficult to find in good condition. 

 

-Original descriptive page (in Italian) included.


ISTORICAL INFORMATION: This original antique hand-colored lithograph is from Boschi's/Petraroja's extremely rare work "Atlante Zoologico Popolare, opera Compilata Sui Più Recenti Lavori di Zoologia Italiani e Stranieri. (Popular Zoological Atlas, a Work Compiled from the Most Recent Works of Italian and Foreign Zoology), edited by Giovanni Boschi, lithographed by Raimondo Petraroja, Naples: 1863-1879.

The set was originally published in eight volumes: the 1st one general, the 2nd volume of which covered primates and monkeys, the 3rd, mammals and cats, the 4th, marine mammals, echidnas and platypuses, the 5th and 6th, birds, the 7th, reptiles and fishes, and the 8th, insects, invertebrates, shells and mollusks. This work contains beautiful natural history lithographs of animals in their natural environment. The landscape settings are simple yet effective compositional devices but also convey general information about the creature's habitat.
CONDITION The condition of the print is conservatively "very good" (minor edge & surface wear, occasional foxing, spotting and smudges). The colors are remarkable and vibrant on heavy-weight paper.   Please INSPECT PHOTO. 
PUBLISHED DATE  1863-1869  
SOURCE

"Atlante Zoologico Popolare" (Popular Zoological Atlas)
PRINT SIZE (approx):  10 X 15 INCHES
IMAGE NOTE:  Please inquire if you have a question.
NOTES: Reverse is blank. This is an original print, not a reproduction.  

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