Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Steel engraving (Intaglio) - Original German antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1844 Publisher: Georg Heck Condition: 2-3 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Generally commensurable with the age of print. Light signs of handling. Few light brownish spots/areas/smudges mostly in blank margins. Please examine the photos for extent. Dimensions: 9 x 11.5 inches (23 x 39 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the images.Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: 1. Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. Print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print. Legend to the illustrations in the print: 1. Slow worm, 2. Viper, 3. Horned viper, 4. Dog boa, 5. Rattlesnake, 6. Scink. The family Viperidae, with the poisonous apparatus, as the Crotalidce, is distinguished by the absence of the pit or depression on each side of the face. Of the 20 species and 9 genera of this family, none are found in America. The most conspicuous and typical species is the viper of Europe, Vipera berus (fig. 2), which is pretty generally distributed and greatly feared, although far from being so formidable as the copperheads and rattlesnakes of the United States. Great pains are taken to destroy the species, although ineffectually, owing to their rapid reproduction ; in Gotha, Coburg, and Meiningen, a stated price per head is paid for them by the civil authorities. The famed Aspic or asp of antiquity is another species of viper (V. aspis) found along the Mediterranean. The horned-viper (Cerastes comutus, fig. 3) is a common inhabitant of the sandy desert of Africa, and is remarkable for having a group of elevated horn-like scales over each eye. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.
Price: 18.38 USD
Location: Manassas, Virginia
End Time: 2024-09-05T18:44:06.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Style: Vintage
Listed By: Martin2001
Production Technique: Intaglio
Date of Creation: 1844
Print Type: Steel Engraving
Features: Not framed
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Subject: Animals
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
