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Lot 1302:
Description
This stunning, large folio cactus engraving is from Charles Antoine Lemaire’s
Iconographie descriptive des cactées: ou essais systématiques et raisonées sur l’histoire naturelle, la classification et la culture des plantes de cette famille. The work was published in Paris by H. Cousin between 1841 and 1847.
The engravings were printed in color and finished by hand by Auguste Dumenil after Louis Joseph Edouard Maubert. Maubert’s illustrations of cacti recognized as the finest depictions ever published. The work is exceedingly rare. Lemaire had intended to publish 200 plates, but only eight parts were completed with 16 plates in total.
Paper Size: ~ 13 1/2" by 20"
Paper Type or Special Features: Originally Hand-colored Engraving
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