Set of 4 Antique Paleontology Prints of a Dinoceras Mirabile by Marsh, 1886

1886 · Birds, Plants & Natural History

Set of 4 Antique Paleontology Prints of a Dinoceras Mirabile by Marsh, 1886

Name: Set of 4 Antique Paleontology Prints of a Dinoceras Mirabile by Marsh, 1886
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12800-1-45 +3
Price: 450 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.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-12800-1-45 +3

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

Four plates showing the femur, tibia, patella and feet of Dinoceras mirabile, an extinct genus of herbivorous mammal, original lithographs from volume 10 of Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Othniel Charles Marsh's Dinocerata, published in 1886. Each plate is printed in black on a cream sheet and lettered "Dinoceras mirabile, Marsh" beneath the figures, with a plate number at the upper right.

The hind-limb bones are drawn singly and in several views, with the thigh bone, a heavy rounded shaft with a ball-shaped head, on the first plate. The second plate shows the lower leg bones and small end views of the joint surfaces. The third shows the articulated bones of the foot from above and below, and the fourth gathers the patella and the slender long bones of the foot. The shading brings out the ridges and joint surfaces, and the draughtsman's name and the lithographer's credit, New Haven, appear in the lower corners of each plate.

Marsh was professor of paleontology at Yale, and the monograph presented the skeleton of Dinoceras in this detail.

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