Commonly known as the grey nicker, the fever nut or knicker nut this plant is found throughout the tropics.
An original hand coloured copper plate engraving on laid paper.
Plate number 103.
From the Histoire Universelle du Regne Vegetal by Pierre Joseph Buchoz (1774-1780).
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: Very Good. There are a few very small dark spots across of surface of the print and the white surround. It is otherwise clean. The top right hand corner has been turned and there is a small closed tear along the bottom edge. There are two strips of paper fixed to the reverse side that, as far as I can tell, serve no purpose.
