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This rare stipple engraving with original hand-coloring is from Pierre Jean FrancisTurpin\'s Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. The work was published in Franceby Levrault in 1816. The engravins were completed by Jean-Gabriel Pretre. The workdepicts a vast array of images from the animal and plant kingdom.
Turpin was noted as one of the greatest botanical and natural history engravers of his time. He began his study of natural history while he was stationed in Haiti in 1794 as a member of the French Army. It was during this time he met the botanist Pierre Antoine Poiteau. The pair began to create botanical field drawings, and this inspired Turpin\'s passion for natural history. He was a largely self taught artist.
Full page size: app. 4.75\" by 8\"
Condition:toning, age-staining, creasing. Please examine the scan.
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