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Western green lizard and sandfish skink

Western green lizard, lezard verd, lezard vert, and sandfish skink, scinque des boutiques, scinque des sables, Scincus scincus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles" 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by David, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.

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Western green lizard and sandfish skink

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Western green lizard, lezard verd, lezard vert, and sandfish skink, scinque des boutiques, scinque des sables, Scincus scincus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles" 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by David, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.

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3768 x 6322 px | 68.2 MB

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31.9 x 53.5 cm | 12.6 x 21.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1780~1845 • 1816-1830 • ARTIST • ARTISTE • BOUTIQUES • CIENCIA • CLOQUET • COPPERPLATE • DAVID • DÈS • DICTIONNAIRE • DIRECTED • EMPRESS • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • F. G. • FEDRA • FISH • GABRIEL • GREEN • HANDCOLOURED • HERPETOLOGY • HIPPOLYTE • HIPPOLYTOS AND PHAEDRA • HIPPOLYTUS • HISTORIAN (MALE) • HISTORIAN • ICHTHYOLOGY • ISRAEL • J. G. • JEAN • JOSEPHINE • JUSSIEU • LEVRAULT • LEZARD • LIZARD • NATURAL • NATURELLES • PAINTER • PHAEDRA AND HIPPOLYTOS • PHAEDRA • PRETRE • PRINT • PUBLISHED • REPTIL • REPTILE • REPTILES • SABLES • SANDFISH • SCIENCE • SCINCUS • SCINQUE • STIPPLE • TURPIN • VERD • VERT • WESTERN • ZOO • ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS