Egyptian free-tailed bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca
Egyptian free-tailed bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca, and red fruit bat, Stenoderma rufum.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Corsi, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780
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10936140
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45506667
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3660px x 6293px
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© Florilegius / Mary Evans
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1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century
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1775 1840 1775-1840 1780~1845 1837 Aegyptiaca Batelli Considered Corsi Dictionary Figli Illustrators Jean Francois Jean-francois Josephines Jussieus Pretre Stipple Turpin
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