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An open Solander box with the title page and a plate of Elliot’s A Monograph of the Felidae, a certificate and white gloves

A Monograph of the Felidae, complete set

By Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1878-1883

All 43 plates of A Monograph of the Felidae as facsimile giclées at the size of the original sheet, kept in a Solander box the way a library keeps the original.

  • 43 plates, each 19½ × 23½ in
  • A title page and a contents page with the titles of all plates
  • A Solander box in linen with gold lettering, in the colour and lettering you choose
  • A certificate of authenticity

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A Monograph of the Felidae

Contents

Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1878-1883

  1. 1The LionFelis leo
  2. 2Felis Concolor
  3. 3The TigerFelis tigris
  4. 4The Snow-LeopardFelis uncia
  5. 5The JaguarFelis onca
  6. 6The Panther or LeopardFelis pardus
  7. 7The Panther or LeopardFelis leopardus
  8. 8The Clouded TigerFelis diardi
  9. 9The Little Marbled TigerFelis marmorata
  10. 10Pallas’s Thibatan CatFelis manul
  11. 11Pampas CatFelis pajeros
  12. 12Molina’s Guiana CatFelis colocolla
  13. 13The JaguarundiFelis jaguarondi
  14. 14The EyraFelis eyra
  15. 15The Bornean Red CatFelis badia
  16. 16Temminck’s Golden CatFelis temminckii
  17. 17The little Malayan Red CatFelis planiceps
  18. 18The OcelotFelis pardalis
  19. 19The MargayFelis tigrina
  20. 20Geoffroy’s CatFelis geoffroyi
  21. 21Bengal Leopard CatFelis bengalensis
  22. 22The Fishing CatFelis viverrina
  23. 23Fontanier’s Spotted CatFelis tristis
  24. 24The Painted CatFelis scripta
  25. 25African Golden CatFelis chrysothrix
  26. 26The ServalFelis serval
  27. 27The Bushy Tailed Red Spotted CatFelis euptilura
  28. 28The Little Red-Spotted CatFelis javanensis
  29. 29Rubiginous CatFelis rubiginosa
  30. 30The European Wild CatFelis catus
  31. 31The Caffer CatFelis caffra
  32. 32The Desert CatFelis ornata
  33. 33The ChausFelis chaus
  34. 34Bokhara ChausFelis caudatus
  35. 35Shaw’s CatFelis shawiana
  36. 36The Siberian LynxFelis cervaria
  37. 37The Northern LynxFelis canadensis
  38. 38The Spanish LynxFelis pardina
  39. 39The LynxFelis lynx
  40. 40The Bay Lynx, or American Wild CatFelis rufa
  41. 41The CaracalFelis caracal
  42. 42Domestic CatFelis domestica
  43. 43Cynailurus Jubatus

The contents page in the box lists every plate. Each title opens the single print.

How the set is made

Proofs of the cat plates on the wall while a print is checked at the table
The embossing press setting the Heritage Prints blind stamp into a certificate of authenticity

About the original

Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), the American zoologist, published A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats between 1878 and 1883: 43 hand-coloured lithographs of the wild cats, drawn by Joseph Wolf and Joseph Smit, on sheets of about 60 x 49.5 cm.

The complete set in Teylers Museum in Haarlem was scanned for Heritage Prints inside the museum.

Title
A Monograph of the Felidae
Published
1878-1883
Format
Folio, 19½ × 23½ in
Original in
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Plates
43

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