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Creator:
Catton, Charles, 1756–1819
Title(s):
Animals drawn from nature and engraved in aqua-tinta / by Charles Catton, Jun. ; with a description of each animal.
Published/Created:
London : Printed for the author ... and sold by I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library ..., MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description:
[38] leaves, [36] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 x 42 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2024 8
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
English short title catalogue, T114742
Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 847
Prideaux, S. Aquatint engraving, page 330
BAC Folio A 2024 8: Imperfect: lacks contents leaf. Plates are not colored. Bound in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards. Autograph: Elizabeth Marhon (?).
Subject Terms:
Animals -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints.
Contributors:
I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London, England), printer.
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  • 1. The lion
  • 2. The lioness
  • 3. The royal tiger
  • 4. The hunting leopard
  • 5. The tiger cat
  • 6. The civet cat
  • 7. The Persian lynx
  • 8. The Persian cats
  • 9. The yellow bear
  • 10. Animal of the bear kind
  • 11. The Swedish elk
  • 12. The antelope
  • 13. The white-footed antelope
  • 14. The musk deer
  • 15. The mouflon
  • 16. The angora goat
  • 17. The hyaena
  • 18. The wolf
  • 19. The Otaheite dog
  • 20. The baboon
  • 21. The lion monkey
  • 22. The child of the sun
  • 23. The maucauco
  • 24. The ermine
  • 25. Animal of the weasel kind
  • 26. The coti
  • 27. The badger
  • 28. The otter
  • 29. The beaver
  • 30. The glutton
  • 31. The armadillo
  • 32. The Bombay squirrel
  • 33. The peccary
  • 34. The porcupine
  • 35. The hippopotamus
  • 36. The crocodile.

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