Il Vari. Maki or Lemur Macaco of Madagascar.

by Jacob, Nicolas Henri

Lemur antique print by Nicolas Henri Jacob c1822. 

Fine stipple-engraved folio-size plate by Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782-1871) for P. Hugues's Storia Naturale delle Scimie e dei Maki (Natural History of Monkeys and Maki (Lemurs).

First published in 1812-1814 with Latin text below the image, this wonderful engraving is from the second edition of this important 19th century monograph on Apes, Monkeys and Lemurs, published in Milan c1822 by P. Hugues, with contemporary hand-colour. Text below the image is in Italian.

Page size 48 x 32.5 cm (18.7/9 x 12.3/4 inches).