Mimosa contorta. Nobis. Inga ou Pois doux à Siliques contournées.
Corkscrew Hazel.
An original hand coloured copper plate engraving on laid paper.
Plate number 139.
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: Near Fine. The engraving is, but for a few dark marks on the surround, very clean. There are two strips of paper fixed to the reverse side that, as far as I can tell, serve no purpose.
