John Frederick Miller - Grey Mouse Lemur from Cimelia Physic...

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John Frederick Miller - Grey Mouse Lemur from Cimelia Physica 1796.

This hand-coloured copperplate engraving of the Grey Mouse Lemur - Lemur Murinus is from Cimelia Physica Figures of Rare and Curious Quadrupeds, Birds, &c. Together With Several of the Most Elegant Plants. Text by George Shaw and illustrated by John Frederick Miller. First edition published by T. Bensley, London 1796.

Size: 14in x 21in (35.5cm x 53cm).

The print is in excellent condition - please inspect the image carefully.

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