Set of 3 Antique Paleontology Prints of a Dinoceras Mirabile by Marsh, 1886
€ 300
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1886
Sheet size
29 × 23 cm (11.4 × 9.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12800-1-51 +2
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
General age-related toning. Minor wear and foxing. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Three plates showing the tarsal bones and metatarsals of Dinoceras mirabile, an extinct genus of herbivorous mammal, original lithographs from volume 10 of Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Othniel Charles Marsh's Dinocerata, published in 1886. Each plate is printed in black on a cream sheet and lettered "Dinoceras mirabile, Marsh" beneath the figures, with a plate number at the upper right.
The small bones of the ankle and foot are arranged in rows and columns of numbered figures, each drawn from several sides so that its shape can be compared with its neighbors. The heavier tarsal bones and the metatarsals are shaded to bring out their surfaces and joint facets. The draughtsman's name appears at the lower left and the lithographer's credit, New Haven, at the lower right of each plate.
Marsh was professor of paleontology at Yale, and the plates of his monograph document the skeleton of Dinoceras bone by bone.
