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Histoire des Poissons, by Mr. Antoine Gouan in 1 quarto Vol

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 11, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 40

Author/Composer:

Goüan, Antoine (1733-1821)

Notes:

The donor Joseph Dorfeuille (1791-1840) was a landscape artist, wax modeler, scientific illustrator, natural scientist, and showman. He was the proprietor of the Western Museum in Cincinnati 1823-1839. See Jeffrey Weidman, Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900: A Biographical Dictionary (Kent, Ohio, 2000), p. 236.

Title Information:

Histoire des poissons: contenant la déscription anatomique de leurs parties externes et internes et le caractère des divers genres rangés par classes et par ordres

Imprint Information:

Strasbourg, 1770