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Le Jardin des Plantes, Descriptions et Moeurs des Mammiferes

1842
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  • Title: Le Jardin des Plantes, Descriptions et Moeurs des Mammiferes
  • Author: François Boitard (French, ca. 1670–ca. 1715)
  • Author: Jules-Gabriel Janin (French, 1804–1874)
  • Illustrator: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves)
  • Illustrator: Werner (French, active mid-19th century)
  • Illustrator: Karl Girardet (French, Locle 1813–1871 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Sigismond Himely (Swiss (naturalized French), Neuveville 1801–1872 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Jules David (French, Paris 1808–1892 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Louis-Etienne Guemied (French, born 1816)
  • Illustrator: Francois-Louis Girardet (French, 1814–1899)
  • Illustrator: Paul Legrand (French, active mid-19th century)
  • Illustrator: Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Edouard Traviès (French, Doullens, 1809–ca. 1865)
  • Illustrator: Susemihl (French, active mid-19th century)
  • Publisher: J.-J. Dubochet & Cie
  • Printer: Schneider & Legrand (French)
  • Date: 1842
  • Medium: Engravings, wood engravings, lithographs, hand-coloring
  • Dimensions: Overall: 10 11/16 x 7 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (27.2 x 19 x 5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.600.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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