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Saint Gregory the Great: elected pope, he receives obeisance from the cardinals. Engraving by S.C. Miger, 1770, after C. van Loo.

Homs, Syria: the citadel and part of the old city, with the artist Louis-François Cassas surrounded by Syrians. Engraving by S.C. Miger after L.F. Cassas.

A female ostrich (Struthio camelus). Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A cassowary walking next to a display of its feathers and a skeletal foot. Etching by S. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A genet is walking over a grassy rock while another genet is about to jump on a rock. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after A. de Wailly.

A monkey (simia apella) walking past its own portrait engraved on stone. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A mandrill (large W. African baboon). Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A panther. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A male ostrich (Struthio camelus). Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

An Egyptian goose walking on and surrounded by slabs of stone inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

Two agoutis or cavies meeting under the branch of a fruit tree. Etching by S. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A civet or skunk walking past a slab of stone on which its image is engraved. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A lemur climbing up an block of stone holding a fruit in its left hand. Etching by S. Miger, ca. 1808 after N. Maréchal.

A hyena is standing next to plate bearing its image and a skull and bones of a hyena skeleton. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

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A lemur climbing up an block of stone holding a fruit in its left hand. Etching by S. Miger, ca. 1808 after N. Maréchal.

A mandrill (large W. African baboon). Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A monkey (simia apella) walking past its own portrait engraved on stone. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A female ostrich (Struthio camelus). Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

A hyena is standing next to plate bearing its image and a skull and bones of a hyena skeleton. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.

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