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LOT 68277:

Linnaeus - Aquatic Viper Snake

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Auction took place on Dec 7, 2024 at Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books
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Linnaeus - Aquatic Viper Snake
This scarce first edition engraving is from Sir Charles Linnaeus & Ebenezer Sibley's A Genuine and Universal System of Natural-History... or Magazine of Natural History. The work was printed for the propietor in London between 1794 and 1810. Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who formalized the system of binomial nomenclature which is still in practice today. He is considered the Father of Taxonomy.


Paper Size: ~ 8" by 5"
~ 8" by 5"

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