ETIENNE GEOFFROY DE SAINT-HILAIRE 1772 Etampes - 1844 Paris THREE ENGRAVINGS FROM THE 'ZOOLOGIE POISSONS DU NIL (...)' Engravings, coloured, on paper. Visible size 61 x 44,5 cm (f. 80 x 62 cm). Each inscribed in the plate. Part. min. spotty, brownish, part. creased. Containing: Plate 4 (Le Characin Raschal / Characinus dentex and Le Characin Rai / Characinus Niloticus), plate 7 (Le Mormyre de Salheyeh / Mormyrus Labiatus and Le Mormyre de Dendera / Mormyrus Anguilloides), plate 10 (La Clupée du Nil / Clupea Nilotica and Le Cyprin Binny / Cyprinus Lepidotus). Executed by different engravers (here: Compagnie, Sellier und Bouquet). Each framed in a passepartout and behind glass (unopened).