Tropical Fish. Very beautiful Caranx, Baillon.. Poissons engraving c1830

$80.00

Tropical Poissons (fish) for Histoire Naturelle des quadrupèdes, ovipares, serpents, poissons et cétacées by French statesman and naturalist, Bernard Germaine Etienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825). Lacepede completed and updated the enormous work on all kinds of nature by Georg-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788).

Fine original hand-coloured copperplate engraving by Davesne, published in Paris c1830.
Actual size of page is 220mm  x 140mm (6.3/8 x 5.1/2 inches). To the border line measures 162mm x 98mm (6.3/8" x 4.7/8 inches). The paper has some slight foxing marks that is common with an antique print that is nearly 200 years old.

1. Caranx tres beau. 2. Coesiomone Baillon. 3. Coesiomone, Bloch. 4. Gomphose Varié. Fine original hand-coloured copperplate engraving by Davesne, published in Paris c1830.
Actual size of page is 220mm  x 140mm (6.3/8 x 5.1/2 inches). To the border line measures 162mm x 98mm (6.3/8" x 4.7/8 inches). The paper has some slight foxing marks that is common with an antique print that is nearly 200 years old.