Grey Goshawk & Dappled Brown Sparrowhawk - 1824 Dumont Bird Engraving

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Accipters -
Grey goshawk, Accipiter novaehollandiae, & Dappled Brown Sparrowhawk
1824 Ornithology Dumont Print
Autours, l'Autour de la nouvelle hollande 2. Eperviers, l'Epervier brun moucheté
The genus Accipiter is a group of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae, many of which are named as goshawks and sparrowhawks. They can be anatomically distinguished from their relatives by the lack of a procoracoid foramen.
FRENCH ANTIQUE ENGRAVED BIRD PRINT 1824
Type of Print
Engraving
Printing Year
1824
Artist - Engraver - Publisher
Pretre - Guyard -
Dumont/Turpin
Print Size (Approx)
5 inches X 8 inches
Paper weight/type
Thin -
Medium
- Heavy - Other
Reverse side
Blank
- Related text/pictures -  Unrelated text/pictures
Condition
Excellent -
Very Good
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Good
- Fair - Poor (but of historical interest)
Description
Age toning (most around edges); occasional foxing spot; Minor wear faults   BUT generally a very nice engraving
Notes
Charles Henri Frédéric Dumont de Sainte-Croix (April 27, 1758 – January 8, 1830) was a French zoologist. Dumont contributed articles on ornithology to the Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles (1804-30), edited by Frédéric Cuvier.
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HISTORICAL INFORMATION:
From Dumont de Sainte-Croix, C., 1816-1830.
Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, Ornithologie
. The complete Dictionnaire contains 60 volumes, and includes biographies of many important scientists. The plates were issued in colored and black an white editions, but the black & white edition is the more commonly seen.
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