Buy Engraving Zoology Plate 15 Gras y Cª. Reptiles, snake, viper, basilisk, etc.

- Engraving corresponding to Plate 15 of Zoology, belonging to the Popular Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Arts, made by Federico Gillman, and formed according to the Iconographic Encyclopaedia and the Conversations Lexicon of Germany.
- The engraving depicts various reptiles such as a skeleton of a testudo turtle, an American softshell turtle, a crocodile skeleton, etc.
- In the upper margin is the title "ZOOLOGÍA", and in the upper right-hand corner is printed "Lam. 15", which identifies it as engraving number 15 of a series on zoology.
- In the lower margin are the identifications of the different types of reptiles such as the matamata, gavial, alligator,s head, etc.
- Intaglio etching on steel, although another technique could also have been used.
- Made in black monochrome, very well inked, centred with acceptable margins and with a good stamping.
- The fact that the engraving has a distinctive mark or contrast is of great importance in order to be able to identify data such as the engraver, the artist, the place where it was printed and other details.