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Antique Bird Print of the Boat-Billed Heron by Goldfuss, circa 1824

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Antique bird print titled 'Gatt Cancroma'. Large lithograph of the boat-billed heron, an atypical member of the heron family, and was formerly placed in a monotypic family, the Cochlearidae. It lives in mangrove swamps from Mexico south to Peru and Brazil. It is a nocturnal bird, and breeds semicolonially in mangrove trees, laying two to four bluish-white eggs in a twig nest. This print originates from “Naturalist Atlas' by Georg August Goldfuss. This extra large-size collection of lithographs with gorgeous recent coloring depicting animals, birds, reptiles, fish, etc. published in Duesseldorf, at Arnz from 1824-1842 This work was issued over this long period of time in series of twenty prints each per annum. There are no officially bound copies and they were issued uncolored.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23.82 in (60.5 cm)Width: 18.71 in (47.5 cm)Depth: 0.02 in (0.5 mm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1824
  • Condition:
    Later hand coloring, general age-related toning. Minor wear and small defects, blank verso. Please study images carefully.
  • Seller Location:
    Langweer, NL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BG-041911stDibs: LU3054318741942

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