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Annonaceae -
Annona africana - Anona affricana From: Histoire universelle du règne végétal, ou nouveau dictionnaire physique et économique de toutes les plantes qui croissent sur la surface du globe; … by Pierre Joseph Buchoz. Paris, Brunet, 1775-1780. Engraving with plant names (uncut sheet 260 x 420 mm). Text missing. € 95
This print is among 1200 plates
from this most extensive work, published from 1775-1780 by the extremely
prolific author Pierre Joseph Buchoz (1731-1807, also spelled as Buch’oz or
Buc’hoz). He was a French physician and naturalist who served as physician to
the king of Poland. He left his post to pursue his interest in natural history
and published vast illustrated folios on botany, books on mineralogy,
agriculture, ornithology and medicine. The attractive plates are mostly based on
original drawings in the Collection des Vélins of the Muséum
d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Artists’ names on the the copper-engravings
seldom occur and as engraver Fessard is sometimes mentioned.* Pritzel 1325; Dunthorne 59; Blunt & Stearn pp. 158-160; Nissen BBI 287; Stafleu & Cowan 876; Johnston 524. www.meemelink.com · index · Annonaceae |