Set of 4 Antique Paleontology Prints of a Dinoceras Mirabile by Marsh, 1886
€ 400
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-12800-1-45 +3
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
Four plates showing the femur, tibia, patella and feet 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 hind-limb bones are drawn singly and in several views, with the thigh bone, a heavy rounded shaft with a ball-shaped head, on the first plate. The second plate shows the lower leg bones and small end views of the joint surfaces. The third shows the articulated bones of the foot from above and below, and the fourth gathers the patella and the slender long bones of the foot. The shading brings out the ridges and joint surfaces, and the draughtsman's name and the lithographer's credit, New Haven, appear in the lower corners of each plate.
Marsh was professor of paleontology at Yale, and the monograph presented the skeleton of Dinoceras in this detail.
