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    Treasury of Animal Illustrations: From Eighteenth-Century Sources
    Treasury of Animal Illustrations: From Eighteenth-Century Sources
    Treasury of Animal Illustrations: From Eighteenth-Century Sources
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    Treasury of Animal Illustrations: From Eighteenth-Century Sources

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    Wondrous panorama of the animal kingdom, with detailed reproductions of over 600 rare engravings: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, crustaceans, insects, some plants — all identified. Royalty-free illustrations for designers and craftspeople. Excellent sourcebook for students of natural history.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateApr 9, 2013
    ISBN9780486318851
    Treasury of Animal Illustrations: From Eighteenth-Century Sources

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    Treasury of Animal Illustrations - Dover Publications

    TREASURY OF

    ANIMAL

    ILLUSTRATIONS

    From Eighteenth-Century Sources

    EDITED BY

    Carol Belanger Grafton

    Dover Publications, Inc. New York

    Copyright © 1988 by Dover Publications, Inc.

    All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyright Conventions.

    Treasury of Animal Illustrations: From Eighteenth-Century Sources is a new selection of plates from French natural-history publications. The original French engraved labeling has been deleted, and new English captions, publisher's note and index provided. See Publisher's Note for further details.

    DOVER Pietorial Archtve SERIES

    This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. You may use the designs and illustrations for graphics and crafts applications, free and without special permission, provided that you include no more than ten in the same publication or project. (For permission for additional use, please write to Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501.)

    However, republication or reproduction of any illustration by any other graphic service, whether it be in a book or in any other design resource, is strictly prohibited.

    Manufactured in the United States of America

    Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

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