Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10011
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‘Vespertilio Soricinus’ [Greater spear-nosed bat]
Date
1766
Creator
Johann Jacob Bylaert (1734 - 1809, Dutch) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X51/1
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 266mm
width (print): 212mm
width (print): 212mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of a Greater spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus, native to Central and South America. The main figure is shown resting on a flat rock outcrop. A second bat in flight appears behind.
Plate 5 from the book Miscellanea zoologica, quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur by P S Pallas (The Hague, 1766). An explanation to the plate appears in Latin: “Vespertilio soricinus alis compositis reptabundus, naturali paulo minor. Adjecta est adumbration volitantis, ut membranae inter femora figura appareat.”
Inscribed above “Tab. V.”, and below “J.J.Bylaert Fec.”
Plate 5 from the book Miscellanea zoologica, quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur by P S Pallas (The Hague, 1766). An explanation to the plate appears in Latin: “Vespertilio soricinus alis compositis reptabundus, naturali paulo minor. Adjecta est adumbration volitantis, ut membranae inter femora figura appareat.”
Inscribed above “Tab. V.”, and below “J.J.Bylaert Fec.”
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