This scarce first edition engraving is from Sir Charles Linnaeus & Ebenezer Sibley's "A Genuine and Universal System of Natural History... or Magazine of Natural History". The work was published in London between 1794 and 1810, printed for the proprietor and sold by Champante and Whitrow.

The work featured originally hand-colored engravings based upon original illustrations by celebrated natural history artists and authors including George Edwards, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Georg Wolfgang Knorr, Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, and others. It followed Linnaeus's classification methods exploring animals, vegetables, minerals, humans, and other natural history subjects.

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1788) was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who formalized the system of binomial nomenclature which is still in practice today. He is considered the Father of Taxonomy.

Ebenezer Sibly (1751-1799) was an English physician and astrologer. He also wrote works on the occult. He believed in the theory of environmentalist monogenism purporting a single human origin of which he claimed the white race was the first on earth and that climate was the cause of darker skin.

  • Dimensions: ~ 5 1/8" by 8 3/4"
  • Literature: A Genuine and Universal System of Natural History... or Magazine of Natural History
  • Medium: Originally Hand-colored Engraving
  • Circa: 1794-1810
  • Condition: The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.

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