Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-HORSE FLY-MOSQUITO-DANCE-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. 18.5 x 24 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.3 x 9.4 inch.

Part Entomology. Plate IV, order Diptera titled: Genus Tabanus, g. Culex, g. Empis, g. Stomoxys. It shows: 1. T. bovinus, 2. T. tropicus, 3. T. bormius, 4. T. pluvialis, 5. T. rusticus, 6. T. caecutiens, 7. C. pipiens, 8. E. forcipata, 9. E. borcalis, 10. S. rostrata, 11. S. irritans, 12. S. calcitrans, 13. S. pungens. 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, left margin cropped short (a little loss of text). General age-related toning and mild foxing. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-HORSE FLY-MOSQUITO-DANCE-REES

(PCO) C227-35