Miger Simon Charles (36 results)

Schönes Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 18. Jh. -- Bild-Maße: ca.20,5x13 cm. -- gut erhalten. || copper engraved portrait from the 18th century. -- in good condition. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.

Schönes Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 18. Jh. -- Bild-Maße: ca.20,5x13 cm. -- im Außenrand leicht fleckig, sonst gut erhalten. || copper engraved portrait from the 18th century. -- slightly stained on the outer margin, otherwise in good condition. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.

[Paris, chez Herissant le fils 1772], ritratto di Pierre de Marivaux, scrittore francese (1688-1763), inciso in rame all'acquaforte, mm. 265x186 (l'impronta della lastra di rame), mm. 385x255 (il foglio). Firmato in lastra in basso: Miger Sculps. Estratto dall'opera "Galerie françoise, ou portraits des hommes e des femmes célèbres". Lievi ondulazioni.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait von ca. 1770 -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 37 x 25 cm. Platten-Maße: ca. 27 x 19 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from c. 1770 -- in good condition. || Dies ist ein Original! - Kein Nachdruck! - Keine Kopie! || This is an original! - No reprint! - No copy! Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait von ca. 1770. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 37 x 25 cm. Platten-Maße: ca. 27 x 19 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from c. 1770 -- in good condition. || Dies ist ein Original! - Kein Nachdruck! - Keine Kopie! || This is an original! - No reprint! - No copy! Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait von ca. 1770. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 37 x 25 cm. Platten-Maße: ca. 27 x 19 cm. -- am linken Außenrand leicht fleckig, sonst gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from c. 1770 -- on the left outer margin slightly stained, otherwise in good condition. || Dies ist ein Original! - Kein Nachdruck! - Keine Kopie! || This is an original! - No reprint! - No copy! Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.

Original Kupferstich-Portrait aus dem 18. Jh. -- Blattmasse: ca. 20,5 x 18 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original copper engraved portrait from the 18th century. -- in good condition. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

1. Original-Kupferstich von Miger (in der Platte signiert) auf rückseitig unbedrucktem China, alt bis an den Plattenrand beschnitten und auf schwerem Bütten der Zeit aufgewalzt, bildliche Darstellung ca. 20,5 x 13 cm, am unteren Rand kleiner Sammlungsstempel, sehr gut erhalten, sehr selten 2100 gr.

No Binding. Condition: Fair. Portrait of William Buchan. Born 1729 in Ancrum, Scotland. Died 25 February 1805 in London, England. Etching and Engraving by Simon-Charles Miger (1736?1828), c. 1780. Reasonable condition. Margins almost trimmed to the plate mark. Paper slightly soiled. Some minor, faint creasing. Verso: blank. Mounted onto a later album leaf. Dimensions: 147 x 88 mm. William Buchan was Author, Physician, and Author of "Domestic Medicine: or a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines". c. 1780. Print.

Condition: Good. Engraving. 24 x 31 cm. on wove paper 45 x 59 cm. Marginal tears. Waterstains in right margin.LeBlanc ?Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes? Parigi 1856 , no. 15.

Oval profile portait of Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793), French astronomer, mathematician and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He serves as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror. Etching and engraving in hand laid paper, on carrier sheet. Sheet size 189 x 139 mm., platemark 146 x 104 mm. Engraving by Simon-Charles Miger, after the painting by Louis Simon Boizot. Published by Miger in Paris, c. 1789. Simon-Charles Miger (1736-1820) was a French engraver; pupil, assistant and secretary of Cochin fils. In the bibliography by Chavignerie, a total of 298 prints by Miger are described. Louis Simon Boizot (1743-1809) was a French sculptor, son of Antoine and brother of Marie Louise Adélaïde. He was a pupil of Michel-Ange Slodtz. He received the prix de Rome in 1762 and went to Italy in 1765-70. In 1778 he was "reçu" at the Académie, while during the period 1773-85 he was director of sculpture studio at the Manufacture de Sèvres. During the French revolution he was a member of the Commission des Monuments. In very good condition, attached to carrier sheet by four corners. Some foxing and soiling in the margins. Image area clean and fresh. References: Chavignerie, Émile Bellier de la. Biographie et catalogue de l'oeuvre du graveur Miger. Paris: J.-B. Dumoulin, 1856, p. 101: 184.

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 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. 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, 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. 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.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.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, 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 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, 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. 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, 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.