Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-BEETLE-WEEVIL-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. 20.5 x 24 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 8.1 x 9.4 inch.

Part Entomology. Plate XI[.], order Coleoptera titled: Genus Curculio. It shows: 1. C. bimaculatus, 2. C. palmarum, 3. C. elegans, 4. C. annulatus, 5. C. imperialis, 6. C. emeritus, 7. C. hemipterus, 8. C. brachypteros nigro spinosus, 9. C. assimilis, 10. C. rhinomacer-anchoragus, 11. C. regalis, 12. C. bilineatus, 13. C. viridis, 14. C. bacchus, 15. C. betulae. 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-WEEVIL-REES

(PCO) C227-24