Solandra and Malachra

Solandra and Malachra BENARD (Jacques Renaud) and DE SEVE (Jacques-Eustache) Copper engraving, watermarked paper, circa 1781 Published by Panckoucke, Agasse, Paris Sheet dimension: 31.5 x 22.5 cm Plate mark dimension: 25.5 x 19.5 cm Plate No. 580 depicting a Solandra and Malachra 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: "Monadelphie, Polyandrie." of the chapter "Natural History, Botany." Very good condition, old coloring. Traces of moisture without severity on the lower edge. Jacques Eustache de Sève (176?-1829) was a French draftsman, engraver, and illustrator of the 18th century in the disciplines of natural history, under the direction of Jacques Renaud Benard (1731-1794) for the production of the plates of the encyclopédie méthodique.