Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-BEETLE-METALLIC-TIGER-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. 20 x 24.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.9 x 9.6 inch.

Part Entomology. Plate X, order Coleoptera titled: Genus Cicindela. It shows: 1. C. campestris, 2. C. sylvatica, 3. C. flexuosa, 4. C. sinuata, 5. C. capensis, 6. C. littoralis, 7. C. germanica, 8. C. riparia, 9. C. paludosa, 10. C. aquatica, 11. C. flavipes. 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-BEETLE-METALLIC-TIGER-REES

(PCO) C227-23