The Old Print Shop

Suillus. Agaricus. Pl. 884.

  • ARTIST: Jacques de Seve

  • PUBLISHER: Published Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Copper engraving, hand colored,

    DATE: 1749-1804.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 x 6 1/2" (23 x 16.4 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Mushrooms. Drawn by De Seve. From Georges Louis Le Clerc, Comte du Buffon's landmark work, "Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particulaire." Director of the Jardin du Roi in France, Buffon was the first to present the universe as a unified whole. His work was a great influence on all busequent natural history books.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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