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Auction 182, Lot 755

"Description, Figure, et Qualite de l'Arbre du Cafe; avec la Maniere de le Cultiver et d'en Cueillir le Fruit", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Prints - Botanical

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.8 x 14.6 inches
42.7 x 37.1 cm
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A lovely engraving showing a coffee tree along with its fruit, seeds, and leaves. Includes panels of French text describing its cultivation and harvesting of the beans.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a watermarked sheet with some light offsetting.

Estimate: $90 - $120

Sold for: $65

Closed on 4/28/2021

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