Paris 1849. Blatt-Maße: ca. 27 x 17,5 cm. -- Handkolorierter Stahlstich. -- etwas fleckig, ansonsten gut erhalten. || Hand colored engraving. --somewhat stained, otherwise in good condition. -- Charles Henry Dessalines dOrbigny (1806-1876) was a French botanist and geologist. His official botanical author abbreviation is Orb. He was the brother of the naturalist Alcide Dessalines dOrbigny, went to school in La Rochelle and studied medicine in Paris. In 1834 he succeeded Louis Cordier (1777-1861) as assistant and preparator for geology at the Muséum national dhistoire naturelle in Paris.
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