Antique Print-CONDOR-PREDATOR-BIRD-ANDES-Petre-Massard-1816

‘Condor ou grd. Vautour des Andes’

Engraving, handcoloured on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 13 x 20,5 cm. (5,1 x 8,1 inch). Image size: 9 x 16,5 cm. (3,5 x 6,5 inch).

From ‘Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles : Planches. 2e partie : regne organise Zoologie, Ornithologie.’ by Dumont de Sainte-Croix, published in Paris by F. G. Levrault 1816 – 1830.

Made by ‘Jean Massard’ after ‘Jean-Gabriel Pretre’. Jean Massard (1740-1822) Jean-Gabriel Pretre (20 December 1768 ? 29 April 1849) was a Swiss-French natural history painter who illustrated birds, mammals and reptiles in a large number of books. Several species of animal were named after him

Condition: Good, given age. Rear brown, small tear at upper right corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: CONDOR-PREDATOR-BIRD-ANDES

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