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C1837
Pistachiers
Artist:
Early French C19th engraving of a pistachio plant.
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Full Title:
Pistachiers
Date:
C1837
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
133mm
x 205mm
Paper Size:
182mm
x 283mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1837
Description:
Early French C19th engraving of a pistachio plant.
Biography:
Edouard Guerin (1799-1874)
His series Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier, was a complement to the work of the zoologists Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille, Le Règne Animal, which illustrated only a selection of the animals covered. He also founded several journals: Magasin de zoologie, d’anatomie comparée et de paléontologie (1830),Revue zoologique par la Société cuviérienne (1838),Revue et Magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée (1849), and Revue de sériciculture (1863). Guérin-Méneville was elected President of the Société Entomologique de France for the year 1846.
