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A cassowary walking next to a display of its feathers and a skeletal foot. Etching by S. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.
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A cassowary walking next to a display of its feathers and a skeletal foot. Etching by S. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

Nicolas Maréchal · 1808

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Lettering: Struthio casuarius. Lin. Le casoar (sixieme de la grandeur). Dediee au citoyen Lacepede, membre du Senat conservateur de la republique...Dessine par Marechal. Gravé par Miger. Further lettering within the print.

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