Spectacled caiman and hatching egg of the American crocodile
Spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus 1 and hatching egg of the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Terreni, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century
Picture No
13135084
Media ID
45770344
Size
3743px x 6326px
(3.3MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Jean Gabriel Pretre
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