Miger Simon Charles After Nicolas (21 results)

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing, water staining in upper right margin, light surface soiling? in upper right quadrant of image.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 35 x 53 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing, water staining in right and left quadrants.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing, a hole in lower left margin.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing, a printing irregularity in upper right quadrant of image.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 35 x 53 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 35 x 53 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing, sheet lightly toned.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 35 x 53 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 35 x 53 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 35 x 53 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 35 x 53 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing, minor surface soiling.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light water staining, mostly in the margins, light specks of foxing.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing, minor surface soiling.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 35 x 53 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing, minor water staining and toning along sheet edges.Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Condition: Good. Engraving. 53 x 35 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing, some water staining (mostly in the margins).Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.La menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ou Description et histoire des animaux qui y vivent et qui y ont vecu.In 1793,after the French Revolution, the former royal garden and collection became the Botanical Garden and the National Museum of Natural History. A zoo linked with the museum was also established, replacing the royal menagerie at Versailles. Until then, people had seen animals in traveling shows, where they were exhibited as curiosities. Traveling menageries were soon banned in Paris, ensuring a steady stream of visitors to the new zoo. The eminent naturalists Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), Cuvier and Geoffroy compiled a catalog of the animals in the zoo in 1801. Nicolas Marechal, the museum's painter, documented the animals of the new zoo in watercolor paintings on vellum. The post-Revolution political mores the personnel associated with this project are referred to as ?citoyens' (citizens). The print is dedicated to ?Citizen Faujas-St. Pond, Professor of Geology at the National Museum of Natural History, Inspector of Mines of France, etc., by Citizen Miger.' (Dedication in French reads: Dedie au Citoyen Faujas-St. Pond; Professeur de Geologie au Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, Inspecteur des Mines de France & par le Citoyen Miger').

Rare colour-printed copper engraving, with additional hand-colouring. Printed on wove paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and minor foxing. A beautiful plate with stunning early colour, from Lacépède's "La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle," an important scholarly work and one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century French natural history illustration. A professor of zoology at the Museum of Natural History, the French naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne Delaville, Comte de Lacépède (1756-1825) was a versatile and precocious scholar who published a number of books on zoology, physics, and music. He was greatly influenced by the pioneering naturalist Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon, whom he succeeded as Intendant at the Jardin du Roi, which later became the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. During his tenure, Lacépède completed a comprehensive study of amphibians and reptiles, Historie Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et des Serpens, which was published as a supplement to Buffon's magnum opus on animal classification Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. In 1800-1, he published the first edition of La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, a thorough survey of the various species of quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians in the impressive collection of the Museum of Natural History. This magnificent work was comprised of descriptive text written by Lacépède and his colleague Georges L. C., Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) as well as a number of finely rendered plates after the most eminent natural history artists of the period, Nicolas Maréchal (1753-1803), Nicolas Huet (1770-1830) and Léon de Wailly (1801-1824). Painted from life on vellum, these beautifully detailed illustrations faithfully captured the appearance of the wondrous animals in the Paris menagerie. A pupil of J. G. Wille and C. N. Cochin, Simon Charles Miger was a royal academician and a talented engraver, who executed numerous portraits and natural history plates. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.

Rare colour-printed copper engraving, with some additional hand-colouring. Printed on wove paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and minor foxing. A beautiful plate with stunning early colour, from Lacépède's "La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle," an important scholarly work and one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century French natural history illustration. A professor of zoology at the Museum of Natural History, the French naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne Delaville, Comte de Lacépède (1756-1825) was a versatile and precocious scholar who published a number of books on zoology, physics, and music. He was greatly influenced by the pioneering naturalist Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon, whom he succeeded as Intendant at the Jardin du Roi, which later became the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. During his tenure, Lacépède completed a comprehensive study of amphibians and reptiles, Historie Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et des Serpens, which was published as a supplement to Buffon's magnum opus on animal classification Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. In 1800-1, he published the first edition of La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, a thorough survey of the various species of quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians in the impressive collection of the Museum of Natural History. This magnificent work was comprised of descriptive text written by Lacépède and his colleague Georges L. C., Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) as well as a number of finely rendered plates after the most eminent natural history artists of the period, Nicolas Maréchal (1753-1803), Nicolas Huet (1770-1830) and Léon de Wailly (1801-1824). Painted from life on vellum, these beautifully detailed illustrations faithfully captured the appearance of the wondrous animals in the Paris menagerie. A pupil of J. G. Wille and C. N. Cochin, Simon Charles Miger was a royal academician and a talented engraver, who executed numerous portraits and natural history plates. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.

Rare colour-printed copper engraving, on wove paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, minor foxing, and a tiny nick at the edge of the right margin. A beautiful plate with stunning early colour, from Lacépède's "La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle," an important scholarly work and one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century French natural history illustration. A professor of zoology at the Museum of Natural History, the French naturalist Bernard-Germain-Étienne Delaville, Comte de Lacépède (1756-1825) was a versatile and precocious scholar who published a number of books on zoology, physics, and music. He was greatly influenced by the pioneering naturalist Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon, whom he succeeded as Intendant at the Jardin du Roi, which later became the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. During his tenure, Lacépède completed a comprehensive study of amphibians and reptiles, Historie Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et des Serpens, which was published as a supplement to Buffon's magnum opus on animal classification Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. In 1800-1, he published the first edition of La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, a thorough survey of the various species of quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians in the impressive collection of the Museum of Natural History. This magnificent work was comprised of descriptive text written by Lacépède and his colleague Georges L. C., Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) as well as a number of finely rendered plates after the most eminent natural history artists of the period, Nicolas Maréchal (1753-1803), Nicolas Huet (1770-1830) and Léon de Wailly (1801-1824). Painted from life on vellum, these beautifully detailed illustrations faithfully captured the appearance of the wondrous animals in the Paris menagerie. A pupil of J. G. Wille and C. N. Cochin, Simon Charles Miger was a royal academician and a talented engraver, who executed numerous portraits and natural history plates. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, vol. 9, p. 611; Anker 275; BM(NH) IV, p. 1517; Brunet III, 725; Nissen ZBI 2353.