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C1775
Simia Faunus Linn. [Diana monkey]
Artist:
Jacques Eustache de Seve (FL 1742 - 1788)
Rare copper engraving from Johann von Screber’s great zoological series, Die Säugethiere… Common name: Diana monkeyModern binomial name: Cercopithecus dianaFirst described: Raffles 1821Distribution: Africa
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Full Title:
Simia Faunus Linn. [Diana monkey]
Date:
C1775
Artist:
Jacques Eustache de Seve (FL 1742 - 1788)
Condition:
One small spot, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
180mm
x 235mm
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Genuine antique
dated:
1775
Description:
Rare copper engraving from Johann von Screber’s great zoological series, Die Säugethiere…
Common name: Diana monkey
Modern binomial name: Cercopithecus diana
First described: Raffles 1821
Distribution: Africa
Biography:
Jacques Eustache de Seve (fl 1742-1788)
French artist and illustrator commissioned by Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon to provide the illustrations for Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Buffon was one of the first to recognise that all living organisms were fundamentally similar, whether they were plant or animal & that life itself was a physical characteristic of matter and not a metaphysical property. He also made a number of illustrations for Johann von Screber’s great zoological series, Die Säugethiere…
