Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-PILL-SKIN-CARRION-BEETLE-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 x 22 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 8.7 inch.

Part Entomology. Plate XII, order Coleoptera titled: Genus Byrrhus, g. Anthrenus, g. Cistela, g. Silpha, g. Melyris. It shows: 1. B. pilula, 2. A. schrophulariae, 3. C. pallida, 4. C. laeta, 5. C. lepturoides, 6. S. germanica, 7. S. vespillo, 8. S. thoracica, 9. S. humator, 10. S. obscura, 11. S. quadrimaculata, 12. S. sinuata, 13. M. viridis (N.B. Cistla is a Fabrician genus & anstwers to the Cryptocephalus of Linnaeus). 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-PILL-SKIN-CARRION-BEETLE-REES

(PCO) C227-25