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Artist unknown :Apteryx Austral. Apteryx Australis. Shaw. 1. Le bec. 2. Le pied avec ses details. [1839]
- Date
- 1839
- Reference
- PUBL-0156-2-546
- Description
Shows a kiwi at the right, the foot in the centre, and the beak at the left.
Book is shelved in NZ&P 910.4 1838-1839.
The complete specimen is drawn from a dried skin. It is standing upright and appears much thinner than a living kiwi.
Source: the details of beak and claw with a separate view of the complete bird were originally published about 1813 by George and Elizabeth Shaw in 'The naturalist's miscellany'
Other Titles - The beak. The foot with its details
Extended Title - From P Lesson's "Voyage autour du monde ... sur la corvette la Coquille". Paris, Pourrat Freres, 1838-1839. Volume 2, opp page 546.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 234 x 145 mm.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Scientific illustrations, Albums, Engraving, hand-coloured, 234 x 145 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Artist unknown :Apteryx Austral. Apteryx Australis. Shaw. 1. Le bec. 2. Le pied avec ses details. [1839]. Lesson, Rene Primevere, 1794-1849 :Voyage autour du monde entrepris par ordre du gouvernement sur la corvette la Coquille. Paris, Pourrat Freres, 1838-1839. 4 volumes in 2. Vol 1, 510 + 2 pages; volume 2, 546 + 4 pages.. Ref: PUBL-0156-2-546. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23050223More information can be found in our terms of use.