Marsupials. Pigmy Glider Possum and White Phalangista Opossum, c1831.

by Turpin, Pierre Jean François

Flying Phalanger (Australian Glider), American White Opossum. Antique Print. Zoology. Mammals. Marsupials.
Zoologia. Mammiferi, Marsupiali. Falangista volante pimmea. Falangista bianco.

Fine engraving of Possums with contemporary hand-colour, by Chiossone after Gabriel Pretre interpretation of the drawing by French naturalist, Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840). Published c1831 for the first Italian edition of a Dictionary of Natural Sciences with descriptions and illustrations of the animal and plant kingdoms.

24 x 15cm (9.5 x 6 inches). To lined border measures 153 x 8.8cm (6 x 3.5 inches). Slight soiling at left extremity of page, evidence of previous hingeing at top edge, and tiny worm hole at lower right below title.