Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-DARKLING BEETLE-PIMELIA-TENEBRIO-Rees-1820

Original etching/engraving on a velin type watermarked paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 21 x 27 cm. The image size is ca. 19.5 x 23.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.7 x 9.3 inch.

Part Entomology. Plate XI, order Coleoptera titled: Genus Tenebrio, g. Pimelia, g. Helops. It shows: 1. T. gigas, 2. T. femoratus, 3. T. molitor, 4. T. curvipes, 5. T. culinaris, 6. T. ferrugincus, 7. P. gages, 8. P. sepidium, 9. P. tragosita, 10. H. lanipes, 11. H. fasciata, 12. H. fusca. This original antique print originates from Rees’ ‘The Cyclopaedia. or, Universal Dictionary opf Arts, Sciences and Literature’. This important 19th-century encyclopedic work was published in serialized form from 1802 to 1820. The entire Cyclopaedia consisted of 39 volumes of text, 5 volumes of plates and an atlas.Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Milton after Sydenham Teast Edwards.

Condition: Very good, given age. General age-related toning and mild foxing. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-DARKLING BEETLE-PIMELIA-TENEBRIO-REES

(PCO) C227-24