Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Salamendre Aquatique.
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Accession number:
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03093
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Record number:
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03093-9
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JCB call number:
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E714 F426j / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Salamendre Aquatique.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Pierre Giffart]
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Image date:
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[1714]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 1, following p. 318
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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22.2 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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16.3 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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25.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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18.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Aquatic salamander.
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Source creator:
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Feuillée, Louis, 1660-1732
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Source Title:
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Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques, et botaniques ... Tome premier
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre Giffart, Libraire, Graveur du Roy, & de l'Académie Royale de Peinture & de Sculpture
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Source date:
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M. DCC. XIV. [1714]
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notes:
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Text identifies this salamander as being found on the Ile des Jumeaux (Isla de los Gemelos) which may be off the coast of South America. Engraving may be by Pierre-François Giffart (1647-1723). Father Louis Feuillée was a French botanist and member of the Académie Royal des Sciences, who served as scientist and botanist on several French expeditions.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1865.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Salamanders
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