Antique Print-MADAGASCAR LEAF NOSED SNAKE-ARAFURA FILE-WRINKLE-Lacepede-1832

Description

Hand-tinted lithograph on a velin type paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 15 x 24 cm. The image size is ca. 9.5 x 18 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 5.9 x 9.4 inch. The image size is ca. 3.7 x 7.1 inch.

Plate 46. ‘1. Le Langaha de Madagascar – 2. L’Acrochorde de Java’. (1. Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake – 2. Arafura File snake, Elephant Trunk Snake or Wrinkle file snake). This original print originates from: “Oeuvres du Comte de Lac�p�de, comprenant l’Histoire Naturelle des Quadrup�des Ovipares, des Serpents, des Poissons et des C�tac�s” (Bruxelles: Lejeune, 1832-33). *Nissen ZBI, 2344. Artists and Engravers: Unsigned plate, printed by Th. Lejeune after the design of Lacepede. Bernard Germain Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825) was a French naturalist, successor to Buffon.

Condition: Good given age, general age-related toning and foxing. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-MADAGASCAR LEAF NOSED SNAKE-ARAFURA FILE-WRINKLE-LACEPEDE

(PCO) C171-23