1837 retailer Antique Original Engraving Antique Lizard Reptile Print The Animal Kingdom 1837 CUVIER hand colored antique 023

1837 Antique Original Engraving Antique The Animal Kingdon 1837 CUVIER hand colored antique

Lizards

Copper engraving with original period hand-coloring as issued


ORIGINAL engraved plate from The Animal Kingdom by Baron Cuvier - Georges Cuvier, Vol 2, London edition 1837

The Animal Kingdom [original french title: Le Règne Animal ] is Baron Cuvier most famous work

Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier (French: August 23, 1769 – May 13, 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a Frenchnaturalist and zoologist. Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early nineteenth century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils.

For more about Baron Cuvier see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Cuvier

size - approximately 13,5cm X 21cm

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