Apes 15

Album Title
Bertuch: Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Book
Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Author
Friedrich Justin Bertuch

Dimensions
25 x 21cm

Description

Remarkable species of apes including:
1) Chimpanzee (Simia troglodytes)
2) Orang utan (Simia satyrus)
3) Guinea or Wood baboon (Simia sylvatica)
4) Hog-faced baboon (Simia porcaria)
5) Venezuelan red-howler (Simia seniculus)
6) Yellow baboon (Simia cynocephalus)

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: ape

Name in Latin: Pan troglodytes, Pongo pygmaeus, Papio papio, Simia porcaria, Alouatta seniculus, Papio cynocephalus

Name in French: l'homme des bois, l'orang-outang, Babouin, Singe a tete de cochon, Alouate, Magot

Meaning of flower:

Catalogue Number: BilKin3.15