Cunonia

Cunonia REDOUTE (Pierre-Joseph) and BENARD (Jacques Renaud) Copper engraving, watermarked paper, circa 1781 Published by Panckoucke, Agasse, Paris Sheet dimension: 30.5 x 21 cm Plate mark dimension: 25 x 20 cm Plate No. 371 depicting a Cunonia after the drawing by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) This plate belongs to the collection "Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières par une société de gens de lettres, de savants et d'artistes : précédée d'un vocabulaire universel, servant de table pour tout l'ouvrage ...". It appears in the section: "Decandria; Digynia." of the chapter "Natural History, Botany." Very good condition, old coloring. Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) was a Walloon painter, engraver, publisher, and teacher, notably famous for his watercolor paintings of flowers.