1790 LAMARK, DE SEVE & BENARD Superb Botanical Engraving, Pl. 590 Butonica
1790 Scarce Large Copperplate Engravings from the Botanique volume of the Encyclopédie Méthodique: TABLEAU ENCYCLOPÉDIQUE ET MÉTHODIQUE DES TROIS RÈGNES DE LA NATURE. HISTOIRE NATURELLE, BOTANIQUE. PAR M. LE CHAVALIER DE LA MARK Plate 590, Butonica (Barringtonia) This rare, superb Botanical engraving originates from the Charles-Joseph Panckoucke's Encyclopédie Méthodique.The Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature were the Natural History plate-volumes from Charles-Joseph Panckoucke's Encyclopédie Méthodique of Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné by Diderot. (Eng: 'Encyclopedic and Methodical Table of the Three Reigns of Nature').This one shows the Barringtonia, meticulously engraved in copper & hand-printed on handmade paper. These prints are treasures. The Volumes:The Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières (lit. 'Methodical Encyclopedia by Order of Subject Matter') was published between 1782 and 1832 by the French publisher Charles