Crotalaria pentaphylla. Nobis. La crotilaria à 5 feuilles.
Common name Rattlepod.
An original hand coloured copper plate engraving on laid paper.
Plate number 121 from the Histoire Universelle du Regne Vegetal by Pierre Joseph Buchoz.
Printed between 1774 and 1780.
Size: 47.5 x 29 cms or 18 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches.
Pierre Joseph Buchoz (1731-1807) was a French physician, lawyer and passionate naturalist. He produced some of the finest illustrated works on natural history of the period.
Condition: Near Fine. The plate is, but for a few marks that have to do with age, and a couple of dark spots on the white surround, exceptionally clean. There are two strips of paper fixed to the reverse side that, as far as I can tell, serve no purpose.
