Phyllorrhina caffra

Interesting study of a Bat

Hand colored lithograph by J.D. L. Franz Wagner from Dr. Wilhelm Peters "Naturwissenschaftliche Reise Nach Mossambique." (Dr. Wilhelm Peter's Natural History Trip to Mozambique).

The "Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt" was a nine volumne set published in Berlin from 1852-1882.

Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883) was the assistant of Johannes Müller, the great anatomist and became the director of the Berlin Zoological Museum.

Peters plan to undertake an exploration of Mozambique was supported by Müller and by Alexander von Humboldt, who was then also in Berlin. In September 1842 the naturalist set off aboard a Portuguese convict ship first to Angola and eventually to Mozambique where he arrived in June 1843. He was the first scientist to document many species in the region.

Condition: Some light spotting around the outer edges. Otherwise a very clean and attractive sheet. (Note - what appears to be a red line running vertically is a flaw in the scan.. there is no mark like this on the print).

 

Dimensions: 10 X 13.5 inches

 

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