Felis Rufa Bobcat

by Joseph Wolf

$1,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A very fine image from 'the best animal painter who ever lived' Sir Edwin Landseer . The Bobcat, also known as Bay Lynx, ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico. Named for their distinctive short, bobbed tails, they are approximately twice the size of a domestic cat. One of the most striking images from Elliot's magnificent work A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of Cats London: 1878-1883 which described and pictured all the species of cats then known, and is

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