Description: "Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux - suivant la classification de M. Isidore Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire", published by L. Curmer in Paris in 1853.
Author: Made by 'M. Emm. Le Maout', Docteur en Medicine. Jean-Emmanuel-Marie Le Maout (1799-1877) was a French naturalist. In 1842, Le Maout qualified as a physician at the University of Paris, where he became a demonstrator of natural sciences in the Faculty of Medicine. Later he gave private lessons in literature and natural history.
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Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Le Tangara Arthus sur un Solanum Macrantberum' - Golden tanager.
Condition: Fair, given age. Some small stains. Narrow left margin. In left margin, two tears, one of 2 cm and one of 1 cm, small tears in margins, consolidated with acid free tape. Small folding lines in right margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 16.5 x 27 cm. The image size is ca. 14 x 23 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.5 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 5.5 x 9.1 inch.
Medium: Hand coloured engraving on wove paper.
Location: C349-18
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