Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-FISH-OLD WIFE-FILE FISH-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 24.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.3 x 9.6 inch.

Part Ichthyology. Plate III, order Branchiostegi titled: Genus Balistes (Old Wife, File-Fish). It shows: 1. B. Vetula (Old Wife), 2. B. Maculatus (Spotted O.W.), 3. B. Aculeatus (Aculeated O.W.), 4. B. Monoceros (One-Horned O.W.). 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-FISH-OLD WIFE-FILE FISH-REES

(PCO) C227-14