Apes 13

Album Title
Bertuch: Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Book
Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Author
Friedrich Justin Bertuch

Dimensions
25 x 21cm

Description

Different species of monkeys including:
1) Lesser white-nosed monkey (Simia petaurista)
2) White-eyelid mangabey (Simia aethiops)
3) White-collared mangabey (Simia aethiops)
4) Crab-eating macaque (Simia aygula)
5) Tufted capuchin (Simia fatuellus)

Most of the monkey illustrations were copied from Schreber's Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (1775) drawn by Ihle, de Seve, Karell, Edwards, and others.

Flower type: monkey

Name in Latin: Simia petaurista, Cercocebus, Macaca fascicularis, Cebus apella

Name in French: le Blanc-nez, le Mangabey, l'Aigrette, le Sajou cornu

Meaning of flower:

Catalogue Number: BilKin3.13