The Long-tailed Fish, The Sea Gudgeon, The Taiboa, The Boulereau, The White Gudgeon, The Schlosser

The Long-tailed Fish, The Sea Gudgeon, The Taiboa, The Boulereau, The White Gudgeon, The Schlosser BENARD (Jacques Renaud) Copper engraving, watermarked paper, circa 1788 Published by Panckoucke, Agasse, Paris Sheet size: 31 x 21.5 cm Plate mark size: 25.5 x 19.7 cm Plate No. 35 presenting 6 different species of fish (The Long-tailed Fish, The Sea Gudgeon, The Taiboa, The Boulereau, The White Gudgeon, The Schlosser). 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 dedicated to fish in the chapter "Natural History" Very good condition, old coloring. Jacques Renaud Benard (1731-1794) is a French engraver, primarily renowned for having provided a significant number of plates to the Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert, starting from the fourth volume in 1754.