Édouard Hocquart

Veratre noir. (Black Hellebore).

Stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. 1835.
Paper size 12 1/2 x 9" (31.6 x 23 cm).
Good condition. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 90927
Price: $100.00
Publisher : Published by Chez B. Cormon et Blanc, Libraires. Paris. "Hocquart del et sculp". Plate 6 from PHYTOGRAPHIE MEDICALE ('Medical phytography, a history of powerful substances and poisons from the plant kingdom') by Joseph Roques. (1772-1850). Commonly called the Christmas rose, due to an old legend that it sprouted in the snow from the tears of a young girl who had no gift to give the Christ child in Bethlehem 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History , Botanicals

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