Madagascan crocodiles
Date
1910
Creator
Louis Léchaudel (French) , Lithographer
After
Jobin (French) , Artist
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 322mm
width (print): 474mm
width (print): 474mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological studies of two crocodiles. Figure 1: side view of the Madagascar Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus madagascariensis. Figure 2: side view of the extinct Madagascan crocodile Voay robustus (here styled Crocodylus robustus).
Plates 1-2 from the book Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar…volume XVII Histoire naturelle des reptiles, by Léon Vaillant and Guillaume Grandidier (Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1910).
The plate is inscribed top: ‘Madagascar. Reptiles. Pl.1-2.’; and below: ‘Jobin del. L. Léchaudel lith. 1. Crocodilus madagascariensis, Grand. – 2. Cr. Robustus, Grand. Et Vaill.’
Léon Louis Vaillant (1834-1914) was a French zoologist.
Guillaume Grandidier (1873–1957) was a French geographer and zoologist.
Plates 1-2 from the book Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar…volume XVII Histoire naturelle des reptiles, by Léon Vaillant and Guillaume Grandidier (Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1910).
The plate is inscribed top: ‘Madagascar. Reptiles. Pl.1-2.’; and below: ‘Jobin del. L. Léchaudel lith. 1. Crocodilus madagascariensis, Grand. – 2. Cr. Robustus, Grand. Et Vaill.’
Léon Louis Vaillant (1834-1914) was a French zoologist.
Guillaume Grandidier (1873–1957) was a French geographer and zoologist.
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