About this collection:
Copper tactile plates likely adapted from the “Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere Wien: K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, 1867”. Translation: Picture atlas on the scientific and popular natural history of vertebrates. Created by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei in Vienna. Plate numbers are embossed with Roman Numerals but Arabic numerals are used in this list for accessibility.
About this inventory:
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Latest update to inventory:
March 13, 2024.
Call number:
AG268
Inventory:
Box 1: Plates I-18, figures 1-29
- 1: 1, monkeys with fruit
- 6: 6, 7, monkeys
- 5: 8, 9, monkeys
- 8: 15, 16, vultures (2 copies)
- 9: 18, 19, lizards
- 11: 2, eagle
- 12: 22, stork (2 copies)
- 16: 28, 29, hawks
- 18: 16, 17, lizards
Box 2: Plates 21-37, figures 41-106
- 21: 41, 42, owls
- 24: 45, 46, 47, toucans
- 29: 57, 58, mongoose
- 31: 66, 67, 68, 69, birds
- 37: 105, 106, fish
Box 3: Plates 66-113, figures 132-221
- 66: 132, sea turtle
- 70: 108, horse
- 84: 192, 193, elk
- 98, 254, emu
- 99: 255, bird with long beak
- 101: 203, Oryx
- 102: 206, black buck
- 105: 209, widabeast (2 copies)
- 106: 210, royal antelope (2 copies)
- 108: 106, Impala
- 113: 220, 221, giant eland
Box 4: Plates 115-145, figures 224-337
- 115: 224, bison
- 119: 228, 229, sea lions (2 copies)
- 133: 315, 316, duck, goose
- 142: 332, bird
- 145: 336, 337, scissor tail flycatcher, swan
Museum: Plates 18, 69
- 18: 32, 33, hawks
- 69: 137, 138, frogs
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