Title: Family of cassowary from Péron's Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes
Creator: Finnin, Denis
Subject: Rare books, Australia, Birds, Birds -- Pictorial works
Specimen Location: American Museum of Natural History Library Rare Book Collection
Rights: Information on rights available at the repository
Repository: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
Original Caption: Nouvelle-Hollande: Ile Decres, Casoar de la N'elle Hollande
Note: Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library, Left: adult male cassowary;
Center: adult female cassowary;
Right: young cassowary; Identifying text is below the caption
Medium: Hand-colored engravings
Imprint: Paris, De l'Imprimerie impériale, 1807-1816
Identifier: b11429859_4
Description of Publication: 2 v. : 1 port. ; 32 cm. + atlas (2 v., 35 cm.)
Department / Discipline: Ornithology
Date of Publication: 1807-1816
Date: 2011
Coverage: Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia
Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
Call Number: 6-F
Book Title: Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes :exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur et roi, sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et la goëlette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804.[Historique] / publié par décret impérial, sous le ministère de m. de Champagny et rédigé par m. F. Péron