Kelly, Thomas (dates unknown): SNAKES: Ophiology: Crotalus Horridus, Banded Rattle-snake, Boa Constrictor. Plate 103.

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Date of Printing: 1823 • Medium: Engraving (B&W) • Subject Category: Natural History - Snakes, Reptiles, Amphibians • Signed: Unsigned • Period Created: Romantic (1800 - 1899) • Plate Size HxWxD cm: 27 x 20.5 • Leaf Paper Size HxW cm: 27 x 20.5 • Style: Original Vintage • Print on Verso: Blank on verso • Condition: Fair, with heavy foxing • Edition Type: 1st Edition - Limited • Paper Type: Woven • Framed: Print only

Ophiology Fig. 4. Crotalus Horridus, Banded Rattle-snake Fig. 5. Boa Constrictor'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Thomas Kelly. Provenance: "The Oxford Encyclopaedia; or Dictionary"; by the Rev. W. Harris; J.A. Stewart, A.M; C. Butler, Esq. and The Rev. J.H. Hinton, A.M, Printed by Bartlett and Hinton, London. Condition: Fair, with heavy foxing throughout the print.