Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, and Mediterranean

Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, and Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus (endangered).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois 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

1780 1845 1780-1845 1816 Dictionary Endangered Frederic Jean Francois Jean-francois Josephines Leopard Levrault Massard Monachus Pretre Stipple Turpin

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