C1837

Martin Chasseur Geant

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Scarce, early c.19th hand coloured etching of the Kookaburra. Common name: KookaburraBinomial name: Dacelo novaeguineaeFirst scientific description: Johann Hermann, 1783Distribution: Australian wide (Not NT) From: Guerin-Meneville, Dictionnaire pittoresque d’histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature. Paris References: Nissen, C. Die zoologische Buchillustration. … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Martin Chasseur Geant

Date:

C1837

Artist:

Edouard Guerin (1799 - 1874)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Etching with original hand colouring.

Image Size:

130mm

x 140mm

Paper Size:

177mm

x 176mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1837

Description:

Scarce, early c.19th hand coloured etching of the Kookaburra.

Common name: Kookaburra
Binomial name: Dacelo novaeguineae
First scientific description: Johann Hermann, 1783
Distribution: Australian wide (Not NT)

From: Guerin-Meneville, Dictionnaire pittoresque d’histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature. Paris

References:
Nissen, C. Die zoologische Buchillustration. 1969 Hamburg: BI 4616.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Record Identifier 74VvVbNapxN3

Edouard Guerin (1799 - 1874)

Guerin series Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier, was a complement to the work of the zoologists Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille, Le Règne Animal, which illustrated only a selection of the animals covered. He also founded several journals: Magasin de zoologie, d’anatomie comparée et de paléontologie (1830),Revue zoologique par la Société cuviérienne (1838),Revue et Magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée (1849), and Revue de sériciculture (1863). Guérin-Méneville was elected President of the Société Entomologique de France for the year 1846.

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