The Old Print Shop

Pear Varieties: 1. Bergamotte de Soulers. 2. Bergamotte Cadette. 3. Epine d'Hyver... Tome II. Pl. XLIV.

  • ARTIST: Henri Duhamel Du Monceau

  • PUBLISHER: Published in Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving, handcolored,

    DATE: 1768

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 x 7 1/2" (22.7 x 19 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Drawn by L.B. From the first edition of one of the most influential 18th-century works on fruit,"Traite des Arbres Fruitiers" by Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 14 inch inch archival mylar for handling.

  • CONDITION: Good condition with modern hand color.

  • REFERENCE: Dunthorne 100. De Belder 109. Sitwell, Great Flower Books, p. 55.