Il Mococo. Ring-tailed Madagascar Lemur. Nicolas Henri Jacob c1823.

$300.00

Ring-tailed Lemur antique print. Nicolas Henri Jacob engraving.

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 c1823 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).