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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 24, 2020

Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis.

Publication Details

Paris: Desray, 1797 CE–1800 CE.

This work on monkeys and apes was published in a series of ten fascicules, with a total of 65 plates drawn and engraved by Audbert, and printed in color. Audebert was a miniaturist who developed a technique of color printing using oil-based inks that was first used in this work. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#11497
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/13696
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLhistoire-naturelle-des-singes-des-makis-et-des-galopithques

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris