1861 Ornithoptera priamus urvilleana Troides Antique Engraving hand colored Original buy Antique Print Insects Drawing framing Lithography

AUTHENTIC HAND COLORED engraving !
Colors are bright, the engraving is very fine. The aspect is silky, on a thick paper.
NOT A COPY.

This print is taken from the Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle, a publication directed by the french naturalist Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny.

Measures of this antique lithograph :
apprx 5,90 x 9,25 inches / 15 x 23,5 cm

Condition
Very good condition, almost perfect. Some very faint traces of red are possible but rare. The colours are very sharp.
The reverse side is blank.

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"With its 13 (subsequently 14) volumes of text and 3 volumes of prints, the Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle is one the great scientific works of the 19th century, and made the natural world accessible to an educated audience. The prints in the Dictionnaire d'Orbigny are among the best produced in this field during the 19th century, strikingly realistic thanks to their great precision and detail, and the beauty of the lines and buy colours. The apogee of scientific drawing." (Eric Baratay, Un théâtre des bêtes : les planches du Dictonnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle).
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