{"product_id":"0723-giant-armadillo","title":"Giant Armadillo","description":"\u003cp\u003eGiclee reprint of an original lithograph from \u003cem\u003eAnimaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro à Lima, et de Lima au Para\u003c\/em\u003e is a  zoological study published by P. Bertrand in Paris starting in 1855.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis multi-volume work compiles the groundbreaking discoveries of the perilous French state-sponsored expedition (1843–1847) led by explorer Francis de Castelnau. Renowned French paleontologist and zoologist Paul Gervais was tasked with authoring the comprehensive Anatomie and Mammifères volumes for the series. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis hand-colored lithograph, brings Paul Gervais’s scientific descriptions to life. Meticulously drawn on stone by the master natural history illustrator Jean-Charles Werner (Werner Lith.) and beautifully printed by the Parisian workshop of Gény-Gros, this striking plate depicts a mature giant armadillo, formally labeled at the base under its historical genus variant \u003cem\u003ePriodontes gigas\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWerner’s illustration masterfully captures the animal's key evolutionary adaptations, specifically highlighting the massive, sickle-shaped digging claws on its forefeet and the complex, tile-like configuration of its flexible carapacial bands. By placing the heavily armored creature within a realistically textured, rocky neotropical landscape, the print successfully provided 19th-century European scholars with a vital lifelike counterpart to the rigid skull and skeletal diagrams featured in Gervais's accompanying comparative anatomy sections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archival Finds Prints","offers":[{"title":"Photo - 13cm x 18cm","offer_id":54666820616529,"sku":"0723-Photo","price":14.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"A5 - 14.8cm x 21 cm","offer_id":54666820583761,"sku":"0723-A5","price":14.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"A4 - 21cm x 29,7cm","offer_id":54666820518225,"sku":"0723-A4","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 - 29,7cm x 42cm","offer_id":54666820550993,"sku":"0723-A3","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1046\/0977\/5953\/files\/0723_Landscape1.webp?v=1790098966","url":"https:\/\/archivalfinds.com\/fr\/products\/0723-giant-armadillo","provider":"Archival Finds Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}