Catesby Logger-head Turtle Hand-Colored Plate except in their flowers

except in their flowers

clean copy in near fine condition

84 text-figures (line-drawings)

Petersburg Date Published 1898 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Very good Condition Description Wrappers a bit chipped along the spine

Catesby Logger-head Turtle Hand-Colored Plate except in their flowersHand colored lithographic plate, image size 13. 75 inches wide by 10 inches long, page size approximately 21 inches wide by 13 inches long. From: Catesby, M., The Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands, 1736 1771, Volume 2, plate number 40. Image depicts a green turtle ("Testudo marina Cauanna", now Caretta caretta Linnaeus). Plate was previously framed without accompanying text. This hand colored plate came from either the first or