The Duck-billed platypus - Ornithorynchus Paradoxus
The Duck-billed platypus - Ornithorynchus Paradoxus
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Author / Creator
Date
probably 1853
Call Numbers
SV/59
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 33.6 x 26.9 cm (trimmed) - colour wood engraving (chromoxylograph)
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Fonds
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Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Digitised
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Alternative Titles
Full title
The Duck-billed platypus - Ornithorynchus Paradoxus
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This sheet appears to have been cut from a book, possibly the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge 1853 publication of 150 coloured prints of animals, with concise descriptions (British Library).
Colour transparency digitised 1999
Digital order no:sv59
Signature / Inscriptions
Title printed beneath image. Printed beneath image is a descriptive text about the platypus. Printed beneath descriptive text 'Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Price 3/4d. plain; 2d. coloured / R. Clay, Printer Bread Street Hill'. At lower...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased 1997
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/59
Record Identifier
npA2yjx1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npA2yjx1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
65972
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