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Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas. Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Stanghi, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.

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Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas. Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Stanghi, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.

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3764 x 6288 px | 67.7 MB

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31.9 x 53.2 cm | 12.5 x 21.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1837 • BLACK SEA TURTLE • BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION • CHELONIA MYDAS • CHELONIA RIGATA • CHELONIA VIRGATA • COPPERPLATE • DICTIONARY OF NATURAL SCIENCE • DIZIONARIO DELLE SCIENZE NATURALI • FIRENZE • FLORENCE • GREEN SEA TURTLE • HANDCOLOURED • HERPETOLOGY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ITALIA • ITALY • JEAN GABRIEL PRÊTRE • JUSSIEU • MARINE • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • PACIFIC GREEN TURTLE • PIERRE JEAN-FRANCOIS TURPIN • SIDE VIEW AND UNDERVIEW. ENDANGERED • STANGHI • STIPPLE ENGRAVING • VERICO