Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-LADYBIRD-LADYBUG-BEETLE-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 23 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.3 x 9.1 inch.

Part Entomology. Plate XIII, order Coleoptera titled: Genus Coccinella. It shows: 1. C.16 guttata, 2. C. oblongo-guttata, 3. C. 12 pustulata, 4. C. frontalis, 5. C.12 punctata, 6. C.22 punctata, 7. C. septem-notata, 8. C.4 pustulata, 9. C. punctata, 10. C. analis, 11. C. parvula, 12. C.6 pustulata. 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-LADYBIRD-LADYBUG-BEETLE-REES

(PCO) C227-26