The Hyperoodon

by James Hope Stewart, William Horne Lizars, artist, engraver

$75 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

Edinburgh: Lizars and London: Bohn, 1837 . 4 x 6 3/8” hand-colored steel engraving, on paper. Closed tear in upper right corner, overall light age toning and edge toning; very good. § The Hyperoodon honfloriensis, Plate XIII from The Naturalist's Library, Mammalia Vol. XXVI Whales . After a drawing by James Hope Stewart, engraved by William Horne Lizars. The species was later reclassified as Hyperoodon ampullatus, the Northern Bottlenose Whale. Item

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