Price: $300.00
SKU: 90286
ARTIST: Pieter Cramer
PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam by S. J. Baalde and N. T. Gravius.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c. 1778
EDITION SIZE: Paper size 11 3/4 x 9 1/4" (29.8 x 23.5 cm).
DESCRIPTION: From Pieter Cramer’s monumental work De Uitlandsche Kapellen…/Papillons Exotiques (1775–1782), this plate depicts Lisimon, Hanno, Bomilcar, Aristus, Damon, Simplicius, Alardus, Narcosius, and Dorantes. Cramer, a Dutch wool merchant and entomologist, employed Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz to draw specimens from his extensive collection, which were then engraved and issued with meticulous hand coloring. The series, among the first comprehensive studies of butterflies and moths from Asia, Africa, and the Americas, set a standard for 18th-century entomological illustration and remains a landmark in the natural history of lepidoptera.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 10 x 13 inch archival mylar for handling.
CONDITION: Good condition with original color.
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