Geoffroy's rousette bat, Rousettus amplexicaudatus
Geoffroy's rousette bat, Rousettus amplexicaudatus, and naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia peronii.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780
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10936124
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45506572
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4000px x 6472px
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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 Batelli Considered Dictionary Figli Geoffroys Illustrators Jean Francois Jean-francois Josephines Jussieus Peronii Pretre Stipple Turpin
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