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Set of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and ToadsSet of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and ToadsSet of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and ToadsSet of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and ToadsSet of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and ToadsSet of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and ToadsSet of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and Toads

Reptiles & Amphibians

Set of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and Toads

€ 440

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Sheet size
23.4 × 15.3 cm (9.2 × 6.0 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13214-14, -15, -16
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 soiling. With original protective sheet attached. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

Three plates of frogs and toads from the Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, edited by Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny and published in 1861. Each is a hand-colored engraving headed "Dict. Univ. d'Hist. Nat." and "Reptiles", with a plate number and captions in French and Latin at the foot.

Every plate shows two animals in a small landscape. On the left plate a dark blue-gray toad sits above a mottled frog with long toes on a rock. The middle plate has a small brown frog on bare ground above a green-spotted toad among reeds, and the right plate shows a dark toad beside broad leaves above a yellow-brown toad with broad, star-like fingers. The captions on the right-hand plate include "Pipa americana", the Surinam toad of tropical South America, set beside the Cape clawed frog.

D'Orbigny was a French botanist and geologist who identified many of the flowering plant species returned to France from his brother's collecting journeys through South America.

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Set of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and Toads
Set of 3 Antique Prints of Frogs and Toads
Ref. BG-13214-14, -15, -16 · € 440
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