Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-FLY-GALL-SAWFLY-WASP-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. 19 x 24 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 9.4 inch.

Part Entomology. Plate XI, order Hymenoptera titled: Genus Cynips, g. Tenthredo, g. Ichneumon, g. Sphex. It shows: 1. C. Quereus folii, 2. [�] bimaculata, 3. [�] femorata, 4. [�] falcicornis, 5. [�] gigas, 6. S. juveneus, 7. S. lobata, 8. I. flavicornis, 9. I. persuasorius. 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, left margin cropped short (loss of text). General age-related toning and mild foxing. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-FLY-GALL-SAWFLY-WASP-REES

(PCO) C227-33