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C1837
Peroquets 1. Perruche omnicolore 2.Perroquet tete jaune
Artist:
Edouard Guerin (1799 - 1874)
The name Rosella was acorruption of ‘Rosehiller’, the name the early colonists gave the species, that had been found at Rose Hill. Modern common name Eastern Rosella, White-cheeked Rosella Modern binomial name Platycercus eximius First described Shaw 1792 Distribution Australia … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Peroquets 1. Perruche omnicolore 2.Perroquet tete jaune
Date:
C1837
Artist:
Edouard Guerin (1799 - 1874)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
115mm
x 210mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1837
Description:
The name Rosella was acorruption of ‘Rosehiller’, the name the early colonists gave the species, that had been found at Rose Hill.
Modern common name Eastern Rosella, White-cheeked Rosella
Modern binomial name Platycercus eximius
First described Shaw 1792 Distribution Australia wide (mainland).
Reference Reader’s Digest Book of Birds1982 Page: p.304-5, ill. 304 & 305
From Shaw’s General Zoology or systematic Natural History
Biography:
Edouard Guerin (1799 – 1874)
His seriesIconographie 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.
