Radiated tortoise
Date
1910
Creator
Louis Léchaudel (French) , Lithographer
After
Jobin (French) , Artist
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 322mm
width (print): 474mm
width (print): 474mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological studies of a juvenile radiated tortoise Astrochelys radiata (here styled Testudo radiata, Shaw) and the same creature at average age, with details of shell patterning. The reptile is native to Madagascar.
Plates 8-9 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.8-9.’; and below: ‘Jobin del. L. Léchaudel lith. Testudo radiate, Schaw (Jeune âge et âge moyen).’
Léon Louis Vaillant (1834-1914) was a French zoologist.
Guillaume Grandidier (1873–1957) was a French geographer and zoologist.
Plates 8-9 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.8-9.’; and below: ‘Jobin del. L. Léchaudel lith. Testudo radiate, Schaw (Jeune âge et âge moyen).’
Léon Louis Vaillant (1834-1914) was a French zoologist.
Guillaume Grandidier (1873–1957) was a French geographer and zoologist.
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