ARTIST: Pancrace Bessa
PUBLISHER: Published in Paris.
MEDIUM: Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand,
DATE: c. 1819.
EDITION SIZE: Plate mark 11 7/8 x 8 1/2" (30.3 x 21.7 cm).
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 artistic 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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