18th Century Engraving : Roiale (sic) d'Hiver

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"18th Century Engraving : Roiale (sic) d'Hiver"

Henri Duhamel du Monceau physicist, botanist and agronomist cultivated trees in his fields. He was the author of many important books on subjects as diverse as agronomy, marine architecture and ichthyology and a member of all major scientific academies. This treatise on the cultivation of fruits turned out to be of considerable importance, and the drawings by Magdeleine-Francoise Basseporte, Aubriet ... and engraved by Catherine Haussard, PL Cor, Henriquez Herisset fils, Menil, Charles Milsan, Poletnich. .. were among the most beautiful botanical engravings of the period.
Ca.1768

Copper width: 215
Copper height: 260
Sheet width: 245
Sheet height: 335

Price: 70 €

Artist: Duhamel Dumonceau Henri Louis ( 1700-1782 )
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 15th - Transition
Condition: Epreuve aux jolis coloris, infimes rousseurs dans les bordures extérieures

Width: 245 mm
Height: 335 mm

Reference: 843918