Original Antique Hand Colored Butterfly, Zebra Fish Print by Bernard Germain Eteinne Circa 1839

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Antique Hand Colored Butterfly, Zebra Fish Print tropical fish by Bernard Germain Eteinne circa 1839 presented matted and framed in … more Antique Hand Colored Butterfly, Zebra Fish Print tropical fish by Bernard Germain Eteinne circa 1839 presented matted and framed in a contemporary solid wood gold finish frame. Measuring overall 12" x 15".
Original antique print of tropical fish from Bernard Germain Eteinne de la Ville, Count of Lacepede, from Oeuvres du comte De Lacepede, comprenant L'Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares, des Serpens, des Poissons et des Cetaces, Nouvelle Edition published in 1839. These fine orginally hand colored prints depict turtles, snakes, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, and other animals in rich detail & color.

Bernard Germain Eteinne de la Ville was born in France in 1756. Early in his education he came in contact with Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, and decided to concentrate his study in the field of natural history. He was also a skilled musician, proficient with several instruments, composing two operas that earned him praise from Gluck. In his mid-twenties he published two treaties of natural history, which caught the attention of Buffon, who proposed that the Count continue the Histoire Naturelle. Bernard responded with the works Histoire des quadrupdes ovipares el des serpents (2 vols., 1788-1789) and Histoire naturelle des reptiles (1789). Later in life Bernard was active in politics, serving as a senator, a minister of state, and a peer of France. A collection of his natural history works was published posthumously after his death in 1825. less