Flea

Flea BENARD (Jacques Renaud) Copper engraving, watermarked paper, circa 1788 Published by Panckoucke, Agasse, Paris Sheet dimensions: 30.5 x 22 cm Plate mark dimensions: 25.5 x 20 cm Plate No. 252 presenting the different phases of a flea's life (from egg to insect). 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 insects of the chapter "Natural History" Very good condition, hand coloring. Jacques Renaud Benard (1731-1794) is a French engraver, primarily renowned for having provided a significant number of plates for the Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert, starting from the fourth volume in 1754.