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Insectes Coleopetres - AA1875

Insectes Coleopetres – AA1875

Natural History – Dumond D’ Urville

Insectes Coleopetres by C.E. Blanchard

Hand coloured steel engravings of beetle specimens from Ambon (Moluccas), New Zealand and Tonga. Single folio sheet, plate size 400 x 270 mm, drawn by Blanchard, engraved by Mme Egasse, printed by Gide; being Plate 9 from the Atlas volume of Dumont d’Urville’s Voyage au Pole Sud et dans I’Oceanie sur les Corvettes I’Astrolabe et la Zelee, pendant les annees, 1837-40 (Paris’ Hombron et Jacquinot, 1842).

Mild water stain to upper left margin, not affecting the plate, which is in fine condition.

Unframed 31.5 cm x 51 cm

Antiques and Art - Collectors Considerations

Antiques and Art – Collectors Considerations

Antiques and Art – Collectors Considerations

Carolyn McDowall – The Culture Concept Circle

Jamie Allpress of Allpress Antiques in Melbourne specializes in antique dressers.

He mostly sells them without their shelving units, because that’s what most people want.

“A ‘marriage’ should always be pointed out. i.e. where two pieces of the similar period and style have been put together to produce a more salable item”.