Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-MANTIS-PRAYING-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 25 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.9 x 9.8 inch.

Part Entomology. Plate I, order Hemiptera titled: Genus Mantis. It shows: Mantis Bispinosa, M. Precaria, Blatta Orientalis, M. Gongylodes, M. Sturmaria. 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, small stains in the left margin (not afecting image). General age-related toning and mild foxing. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-MANTIS-PRAYING-REES

(PCO) C227-27