Price: $600.00
SKU: 103731
ARTIST: Mark Catesby
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for Benjamin White, at Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street.
MEDIUM: Engraving handcolored,
DATE: 1777
EDITION SIZE: Paper size 19 x 13 1/8" (48.4 x 33.5 cm).
DESCRIPTION: This botanical engraving is from the publication The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, the first comprehensive, illustrated account of the region's biodiversity. It illustrates the Wild Pine (Tillandsia utriculata), a remarkable bromeliad Catesby documented during his extensive travels through the American Southeast and the Bahamas. The composition focuses on the plant's structural reality, meticulously detailing the overlapping leaf bases that functioned as natural water reservoirs, while the Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) in the upper left adds a layer of biological narrative. This plate from the 1777 third edition.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition. Original hand coloring
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