Antique buying Original 1849 Tahitian Prawn Print Charles d’Orbigny’s Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle Hand Coloured Lithograph Travier

Antique Original 1860 Print Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle

RARE & Absolutely Spectacular

Copper engraving with original period hand-coloring and highlighted with gum

NOTE THIS ONE IS CUT A LITTLE CLOSE TO TOP OF PAGE TEXT

True Antique over 150 years old!

size - approximately 27 x 18 buying cm

Published in 1860 by Renard & Martinet, Paris. Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle with stunning hand colored plates from leading French artists of the day such as Susemihl, Travier, Oudart and Pretre, is widely considered to be the finest and best illustrated natural history work of the era.

Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology.

Excellent condition with some age marks, patina as shown on scan