Antique Print-BOTANICAL-FLOWER-DICOTYLEDONES-CELASTRINEES-Turpin-Legrand-1816

‘Botanique. Dicotyl?dones. Celastrin?es. Fusian noir-pourpre. Evonymus atropurpureus.’

Engraving, plate coloured (a-la-pouppee) on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 18,5 x 27 cm. (7,3 x 10,6 inch). Image size: 9 x 18,5 cm. (3,5 x 7,3 inch).

This rare and delicate plate originates from: ‘Dictionaire des sciences naturelles … classee d’apres la methode naturelle de M. Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu.’, by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin, published in Paris and Strasbourg by F.G. Levrault, 1816-1829. Later it was published in Italian by Batelli in 1837. (Translation: Dictionary of natural sciences … according to the natural method of M. Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu.) This very scarse work consistsof 72 volumes, including 12 plate volumes with 1200 plates. Plates after Turpin and Pretre.

Made by ‘H. Legrand’ after ‘Pierre-Jean-Francois Turpin’. Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840) is considered by many as the greatest French botanical painter of his time. His drawings of botanical details have rarely been surpassed. With Pierre-Antoine Poiteau (1776-1854) he collaborated in some of the most important botanical publications in the early 19th. century. Turpin voyaged extensively in the Carribean and Southern United States. As curator of his Dictionary Turpin had some of the finest engravers work on his plates, which include etchings / engravings and stipple engravings.

Condition: Good, given age. Light crease at bottom, dent in lower right corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: BOTANICAL-FLOWER-DICOTYLEDONES-CELASTRINEES

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