Antique Print of Stickleback Fishes, 1861

Reference
BG-13214-35
Date
1861
Region
Americas
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
23.4 x 15.3 cm (9.2 x 6.0 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 220

Antique print titled 'Nidification des Epinoches'. Original old print of stickleback fishes. The sticklebacks are a family of ray-finned fishes, the Gasterosteidae which have a Holarctic distribution in fresh, brackish and marine waters. This print originates from 'Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire Naturelle' by d'Orbigny. Published 1861.

Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French botanist and geologist specializing in the Tertiary of France. At the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, d'Orbigny identified many of the flowering plant species returned to France from his brother's natural history collecting journeys through South America.

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