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125962 - ME Hochecker and Muller - Insectes d'Europe engraving by FL Swebach Desfontaines 1779-92.
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ME Hochecker and Muller - Insectes d'Europe engraving by FL Swebach Desfontaines 1779-92. This rare hand coloured engraving is from Insectes d'Europe by RL Engramelle and JJ Ernst. Printed by by PJoseph Delaguette and Basan & Poignant, Paris 1779-92. The engraving and hand colouring was completed by François Louis Swebach-Desfontaines after a drawing by Maria Eleon Hochecker. The engraving is on chain-linked, watermarked paper. Insectes d'Europe was one of the most magnificent French works on moths painted from nature. It was issued as an edition of only 250 copies. Among the subscribers to this work were the King and Queen of France, members of the Royal Family, the King of Spain, the King of Sweden, and notable scientists such as Duc d'Aumont and le Compte de Buffon. Size: 10.5in x 8in (27cm x 20.5cm) The print is in excellent condition - please inspect the image carefully.
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