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Title: Le Jardin des Plantes, Descriptions et Moeurs des Mammiferes
Author:
François Boitard (French, ca. 1670–ca. 1715)
Author:
Jules-Gabriel Janin (French, 1804–1874)
Illustrator:
J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves)
Illustrator:
Werner (French, active mid-19th century)
Illustrator:
Karl Girardet (French, Locle 1813–1871 Paris)
Illustrator:
Sigismond Himely (Swiss (naturalized French), Neuveville 1801–1872 Paris)
Illustrator:
Jules David (French, Paris 1808–1892 Paris)
Illustrator:
Louis-Etienne Guemied (French, born 1816)
Illustrator:
Francois-Louis Girardet (French, 1814–1899)
Illustrator:
Paul Legrand (French, active mid-19th century)
Illustrator:
Charles Marville (French, Paris 1813–1879 Paris)
Illustrator:
Edouard Traviès (French, Doullens, 1809–ca. 1865)
Illustrator:
Susemihl (French, active mid-19th century)
Publisher:
J.-J. Dubochet & Cie
Printer:
Schneider & Legrand (French)
Date: 1842
Medium: Engravings, wood engravings, lithographs, hand-coloring
Dimensions: Overall: 10 11/16 x 7 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (27.2 x 19 x 5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979
Object Number: 1979.600.1
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