Jacques Chéreau after Nicolas Vleughels (XVIII) - Lot and his daughters serving him drinks
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Abbe Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752-1804) engraved by Benard - Ichtyography: Butterfly fish; Emperor fish et. al -Lot of 2 quarto engravings
Nr. 83178617
Abbe Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752-1804) engraved by Benard - Ichtyography: Butterfly fish; Emperor fish et. al -Lot of 2 quarto engravings
Engraved by Bernard for Bonnaterre
2 large copper engravings.
Abbé Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752, Aveyron – 20 September 1804, Saint-Geniez) was a French naturalist who contributed sections on cetaceans, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects to the Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique. He is also notable as the first scientist to study the feral child Victor of Aveyron.
Bonnaterre is credited with identifying about 25 new species of fish, and assembled illustrations of about 400 in his encyclopedia work.
Recent hand colour. Small tear to outer margin restored (not affecting plate mark).
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