Samuel Daniell. The Hippopotamus. 1805. rare map the Mexican-American War (1846-8)

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Samuel Daniell. The Hippopotamus. 1805. rare map the Mexican-American War (1846-8)DANIELL, Samuel (1775 1811). The Hippopotamus Aquatint engravings with original hand color. London, 1805 from African Scenery and Animals. 17" x 22 1 2" sheet, 27" x 32 1 2" framed The Finest Depictions of African Animals. These stunning hand colored aquatints are from Samuel Daniell's "African Scenery and Animals", which has been called "the scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African illustrations." (Mendelssohn). "Unable