European bee-eater
Date
1668
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Library reference
RCN32806
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 207mm
width (print): 245mm
width (print): 245mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the European bee-eater Merops apiaster, side view, the bird shown perched on a low branch.
Plate from Onomasticon zoicon, plerorumque animalum differentias & nomina propria…., by Walter Charleton, (London, James Allestry, 1668), pp.86/87. The plate is inscribed above: ‘pag 87. Merops.’
Walter Charleton (1620-1707), British physician and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661.
Plate from Onomasticon zoicon, plerorumque animalum differentias & nomina propria…., by Walter Charleton, (London, James Allestry, 1668), pp.86/87. The plate is inscribed above: ‘pag 87. Merops.’
Walter Charleton (1620-1707), British physician and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661.
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