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A polar bear standing on an ice floe in the Arctic sea. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.
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A polar bear standing on an ice floe in the Arctic sea. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

Nicolas Maréchal · 1808

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Lettering: Ursus maritimus. L'ours polaire. Dessiné par Marechal. Gravé par Miger. Lettering continues: Dedié au citoyen Faujas-St Fod, professeur de géologie au Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, inspecteur des mines de France, &c, par le citoyen Miger.

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