BOTANICA
Ippuride comune
Coda di cavallo
Hippuris vulgaris
ENGRAVING: Lythograph with coeval colouring with acquarello painting
AUTHOR: Corsi after Turpin
ATLAS: Dizionario di scienze naturali, Firenze Battelli 1831
SIZE OF PAGE: cm 25,5x16,5
SIZE OF THE ENGRAVING: cm 15x9
PERIOD: 1831 circa
CONDITIONS: good conditions. Dump stain in the foot edge
This imponent work was made up by 29 volumes and contained hundreds of engravings that represented all the plant and animal kingdom.
This work derives from an excellent work of luminaries of the 18th century supported by the french King Louis XV and then directed by the same Turpin that was considered as the greatest botanical engraver of his time.
The most of his engravings are signed Turpin & Pretre.
Very white strong paper of good quality.