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Orbigny, Charles d':
"5eme Order. Rongeurs. 1. Castor du Canada (Castor fiber) 2. Gerboise ordinaire (Dipus gerboa)" - beaver beaver jerboa mouse mice mouse (Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle)


Paris 1849.

Sheet dimensions: approx. 23.5x15.5cm. -- Hand-colored steel engraving. -- a little stained, otherwise in good condition. || Hand colored engraving. -- somewhat stained, otherwise in good condition. -- Charles Henry Dessalines dOrbigny (1806-1876) was a French botanist and geologist. His official botanical author abbreviation is Orb. He was the brother of the naturalist Alcide Dessalines dOrbigny, went to school in La Rochelle and studied medicine in Paris. In 1834 he succeeded Louis Cordier (1777-1861) as assistant and preparator for geology at the Muséum national dhistoire naturelle in Paris. When the Société Cuvierienne was founded in 1838, he was one of the 140 founding members of the society. DOrbigny was editor of the natural history encyclopedia Dictionnaire universel dhistoire naturelle, which appeared in 16 volumes from 1841 to 1849.

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Paris 1849. Sheet dimensions: approx. 23.5x15.5cm. -- Hand-colored steel engraving. -- a little stained, otherwise in good condition. || Hand colored engraving. -- somewhat stained, otherwise in good condition. -- Charles Henry Dessalines dOrbigny (1806-1876) was a French botanist and geologist. His official botanical author abbreviation is Orb. He was the brother of the naturalist Alcide Dessalines dOrbigny, went to school in La Rochelle and studied medicine in Paris. In 1834 he succeeded Louis Cordier (1777-1861) as assistant and preparator for geology at the Muséum national dhistoire naturelle in Paris. When the Société Cuvierienne was founded in 1838, he was one of the 140 founding members of the society. DOrbigny was editor of the natural history encyclopedia Dictionnaire universel