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Owls, geckos, vipers and coatis are among the creatures in these hand-coloured natural-history engravings by Belaife, publis...

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Owls, geckos, vipers and coatis are among the creatures in these hand-coloured natural-history engravings by Belaife, published in 1873 in P. Blanchard's Le Buffon de la Jeunesse, issued in Paris by Belin-Le Prieur and Morizot for young readers. Each plate groups related or contrasting animals: owls and secretary birds, game birds and turkeys, lizards and geckos, salamanders and vipers, and among the mammals coatis, bears, agoutis and shrews. The catalogue distinguishes the drawing credit from the engravers, who include Harrison and John Quartley.

Owls, geckos, vipers and coatis are among the creatures in these hand-coloured natural-history engravings by Belaife, published in 1873 in P. Blanchard's Le Buffon de la Jeunesse, issued in Paris by Belin-Le Prieur and Morizot for young readers. Each plate groups related or contrasting animals: owls and secretary birds, game birds and turkeys, lizards and geckos, salamanders and vipers, and among the mammals coatis, bears, agoutis and shrews. The catalogue distinguishes the drawing credit from the engravers, who include Harrison and John Quartley.

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