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Petit Blanquet. B. Blanquet a longue queue. (Pear)

  • ARTIST: Henri Duhamel Du Monceau

  • PUBLISHER: Published in Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving handcolored,

    DATE: 1768

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 13 5/16 x 10" Image size 9 1/4 x 7 3/4" (23.5 x 19.7 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: 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, save for overall toning. Modern hand color.

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