Antique Print-GRUE CENDREE-COMMON CRANE-GRUS-Duartley-Lemaout-Freeman-1853

Price: € 29,50

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Grue Cendree.' - Common Crane (Grus grus).

Condition: Excellent, given age. Left edge uneven from binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Wood engraving on wove paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 17.5 x 26.5 cm. The image size is ca. 10 x 15 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.9 x 10.4 inch. The image size is ca. 3.9 x 5.9 inch.

Part Number: 51598

Location: C349-25

Description: M. le Docteur Emm. Lemaout: "Le Jardin des Plantes, Deuxieme Volume: Description Complete, historique et pittoresque du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle", Paris: Curmer, 1843.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'W.H. Freeman' after 'John Duartley'. Author: Jean-Emmanuel-Marie Le Maout (1799-1877) was a French naturalist.In 1842, Le Maout qualified as a physician at the University of Paris, where he became a demonstrator of natural sciences in the Faculty of Medicine. Later he gave private lessons in literature and natural history. He was decorated with the Legion d'honneur in 1869.