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C1816
Cacao.
Very fine stipple engraving of the Cacao plant from one of the most important French medicinal herbals of the 19th century. Rare. From Chaumeton, Flore Medicale References, Nissen BBI 349; Plesch 131; Pritzel 1679.
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Full Title:
Cacao.
Date:
C1816
Condition:
Minor toning, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Stipple engraving printed in colour and with original hand colouring
Image Size:
90mm
x 165mm
Paper Size:
118mm
x 203mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1816
Description:
Very fine stipple engraving of the Cacao plant from one of the most important French medicinal herbals of the 19th century. Rare.
From Chaumeton, Flore Medicale
References, Nissen BBI 349; Plesch 131; Pritzel 1679.
Pierre Jean François Turpin (1755 - 1840)
Pierre Jean François Turpin (1755-1840) Turpin is ranked among the greatest floral illustrators of the Napoleonic Era. In 1794 he was stationed in Haiti as a member of the French Army. Here he met botanist Pierre Antoine Poiteau (1766-1854), through whom, Turpin learned botany. Turpin would have a working relationship with Poiteau throughout his career. Through his collaboration with Poiteau and other naturalists, Turpin created some of the finest watercolours and illustrations of plants that are known to exist.
