Reinette du Canada
Paris: 1768.
Fruit Botanical. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 12 3/4" x 9 1/2".
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) was an engineer, physician and a botanist based in Paris, France. He was commissioned by the French Academy of Sciences in 1728 to investigate a disease that was destroying the saffron plants in Gatinais. His publication of the findings enabled him to become a member and later the president of the "Academie des Sciences". His constant desire for experimentation, to know more and curiosity about how things worked enabled him to write on topics such as agriculture, metallurgy, meteorology, boat-building, sylviculture, etc. However, it is his contributions to botanical and horticultural illustration that has left a lasting impression. This engraving of a reinette type of golden apple, with much russeting, which keeps shape in cooking and is mainly used for that purpose especially in apple strudel, is from "Traite des Arbres Fruitiers", which was his most ambitious work. Illustrator: Bouquet
Binding: Unbound
Language: English
Price: $350.00
Item #332625