Antique Paleontology Print of the Brain Cast of a Dinoceras Mirabile by Marsh

1886 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Antique Paleontology Print of the Brain Cast of a Dinoceras Mirabile by Marsh

Name: Antique Paleontology Print of the Brain Cast of a Dinoceras Mirabile by Marsh
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12800-1-7
Price: 140 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1886
Kind: Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size: 29 × 23 cm (11.4 × 9.1 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear and foxing, please study images carefully.
Reference: BG-12800-1-7

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The brain cast of Dinoceras mirabile, an extinct genus of herbivorous mammal, an original lithograph from volume 10 of Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Othniel Charles Marsh's Dinocerata, published in 1886. The plate is printed in black on a cream sheet, lettered "Plate VI" at the upper right and "Dinoceras mirabile, Marsh" beneath the figures.

Three views of the cast are drawn: a side view at the top, and a view from above and one from below at the bottom of the sheet. The small, narrow cerebrum, the lobes at the front and the stumps of the cranial nerves are all clearly shown, and the parts are marked with reference letters and numerals. The draughtsman's name appears at the lower left and the lithographer's credit, New Haven, at the lower right.

The brain of Dinoceras was notably small for an animal of its size, and Marsh gave it a full plate in his monograph.

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