AENEAS, ISMARE. PLATE 279.

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Pieter Cramer

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Aeneas, Ismare. Plate 279.

Copper plate engraving, 1779-91.
Paper size, 11 3/4 x 9 1/4" (298 x 235 mm).
Good condition. Original hand coloring.
LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 43873
Price: $300.00
Publisher : Published in Amsterdam by S.J. Baalde and N.T. Gravius.
Pieter Cramer (1721-c.1779) was a Dutch wool merchant and entomologist. He assembled an extensive collection on insects that included butterflies, moths and insects. He hired Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz to make drawings of his collection that he then had engraved and published. The resulting work was titled “Papillons Exotiques des Trois parties du Monde: l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique” or the Exotic Butterflies from three parts of the World: Asia, Africa and America. They are high quality engravings with original hand coloring. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Animals & Insects , Butterflies & Moths

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