Regnault: L’ancolie ou gants de Notre Dame – Common columbine (1774)
€250,00
Nicolas Francois Regnault (1746-1810) – Genevieve de Nangis Regnault (1746-1802)
L’ancolie ou gants de Notre Dame – Aquilegia Vulgaris Linn. Sp. Pl. – Common Columbine – Lehtoakileija
Original 18th century botanical engraving of a common columbine by Nicolas Francois Regnault and his wife Genevieve de Nangis Regnault. Large folio size hand-coloured copper engraving. Name of the plant engraved in French, Latin, German, English and Italian under the picture. The engraving comes with another leaf that contains a description of the plant and the ways of using it in French.
Very good condition. Colours are bright and margins wide. Plate dimensions 37 x 25 cm, sheet dimensions 46 x 31 cm.
The engraving comes from La Botanique mise a la Portée de Tout le Monde ou Collection des Plantes d’Usage dans la Medecine, dans les Alimens et dans les Arts. The book describes plants that are useful in medicine, gastronomy and arts.
