'The Dodo, and the Guinea Pig' Product:Greetings card January 24

January 24

Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680

Harry Greg

apparently in his thirties

'The Dodo, and the Guinea Pig' Product:Greetings card January 24Zoological study of the Dodo Raphus cucullatus shown with the guinea pig Cavia porcellus. Plate 294 from chapter 84 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author, 1760). The author' s view of the Dodo was based upon an earlier work owned by him and now in the Natural History Museum, London. The plate is inscribed: 'The Dodo. Geo Edwards Sculp: AD.