Dromedary

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Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius).

(Mammifères, Pl. 12.)

Artist

Name:: Traviès, Édouard
Dates:: 1809-1876
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Annedouche, Christophe
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: NCSU Libraries, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, atlas, vol. 1
Author:: Orbigny, Charles Henry Dessalines d'
Publisher:: Paris: Renard, Martinet et Cie., 1849
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Description:

Hand-colored steel engraving showing a dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) seen from the side outside the walls of a middle-eastern city outlined in the background.

The full caption reads in the original French:

1^ére série. Quadrupèdes sans os marsupiaux. (Is. G. St. Hil.)
7^ème ordre — Ruminants. Chameau à une bosse ou dromadaire (Camelus dromedarius, L.). 1/24 de grandeur natur.

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