Antique print-NATURAL HISTORY-INSECT-TORTOISE-BEETLE-TETRETOMA-TRITOMA-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 x 22 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 10.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.1 x 8.7 inch.

Part Entomology. Plate IX, order Coleoptera titled: Genus Opatrum, g. Tritoma, g. Tetratoma, g. Cassida. It shows: 1. O. Sabulosum, 2. Tri. Rufipes, 3. Tri. Pilosa, 4. Tet. Cinnamoneum, 5. Tet. Fungorum, 6. Tet. Ancora, 7. C. Grassa, 8. C. Lateralis, 9. C. Eruentata, 10. C. Maculata. 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-TORTOISE-BEETLE-TETRETOMA-TRITOMA-REES

(PCO) C227-23