Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-PROTOZOAN-PERITRICHS-BELL ANIMALCULES-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. 17.5 x 21 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 6.9 x 8.3 inch.

Part Animalcules. Plate I, Class Vermes, Order Infusoria titled: Genus Brachionus, g. Vorticella. It shows: B. Urceolaris, Striatus, Tripus, Uncinnatus, Quadridentatus. V. Anastatica, Polypina, Umbellaria, Pyraria, Digitalis, Opercularia, Nebulifera. 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-PROTOZOAN-PERITRICHS-BELL ANIMALCULES-REES

(PCO) C228-05