Title: Trygon histrix from Orbigny's Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale
Creator: Finnin, Denis
Subject: Rare books, South America, Ocean life, Aquatic invertebrates
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
Plate of Figure Number: Plate 13
Original Caption: Trygon histrix
Note: Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
Imprint: Paris : Pitois-Levrault ; Strasbourg : Ve. Levrault, 1835-1847
Identifier: b10495770_4
Description of Publication: 9 v. in : ill. (some col.) ; 37 cm.
Department / Discipline: Invertebrate Zoology
Date of Publication: 1835-1847.
Date: 2011
Coverage: South America
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scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest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: RF-64-A
Book Title: Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale :(le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, et 1833