ARTIST: Pancrace Bessa
PUBLISHER: Published in Paris.
MEDIUM: Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand,
DATE: c. 1819.
EDITION SIZE: Plate mark 12 x 8 3/4" (305 x 223 mm).
DESCRIPTION: From "Nouveau Traite des Arbres Fruitiers," the second edition of Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau's "Traite Des Arbres et Arbustes." Bessa and his artistic associate Pierre J. Redoute drew all the plates for this famous work. Their artisitc skill and mastery of the stipple technique resulted in botanical prints of great fidelity, delicacy and beauty.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition and color.
REFERENCE: Dunthorne 244.
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