Paterson, William
“Aloe Dichomata, Fleurs de l’Arbre a Cuivre, Aloes Dichotome”. Double-page plate, No. 3, from Quatre Voyages dans le pays des Hottentots et la Cafrerie en 1777, 1778, & 1779. Volume X from Voyage Aux Sources du Nil, en Nubie et en Abyssinie, Pend

Seller ID: 1234

Paris: Chez Plassan, 1792. Copperplate engraving of an aloe, sheet (40cm x 29cm), plate (32cm x 22cm) on fine rag paper. William Paterson (1755-1810), who later had a career as a colonial administrator in Australia, explored the inland plateau of South Africa in search of botanical and other specimens to send back to England. A clean bright image with ample margins.

Price: $150.00

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