Apes 16

Album Title
Bertuch: Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Book
Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Author
Friedrich Justin Bertuch

Dimensions
25 x 21cm

Description

Five different species of monkeys including:
1), 2) Simia nasica
3) King colobus monkey (Simia polycomos)
4) Simia leonina
5) Red-handed howler (Simia Beelzebub)
6) Simia cephalopterus

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: Simia nasica, S. polycomos, S. leonina, Alouatta belzebul, S. cephalopterus

Name in French: Geunon a long nez, Guenon a Camail, Singe a jube de Lion, Hurleur noir, Guenon a face pourpre

Meaning of flower:

Catalogue Number: BilKin3.16