Melastoma is a plant native to Southeast Asia and The Pacific Islands.
An original hand coloured copper plate engraving on laid paper.
Plate number 137.
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. The plate, but for a few dark spots across the surface and a faint red line at the center, is clean. There are two strips of paper fixed to the reverse side that, as far as I can tell, serve no purpose.
