Antique Print-GUY DE LA BROSSE-PORTRAIT-Adrien-Lemaout-Feart-1843

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Guy de la Brosse.' - En profil portrait of Guy de la Brosse (1586-1641).

Condition: Excellent, given age. Left edge uneven from binding. Some faint soiling in the lower margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Steel engraving on wove paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 17.5 x 26.5 cm. The image size is ca. 12 x 15 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.9 x 10.4 inch. The image size is ca. 4.7 x 5.9 inch.

Part Number: 51612

Location: C331-35

Description: M. le Docteur Emm. Lemaout: "Le Jardin des Plantes, Deuxieme Volume: Description Complete, historique et pittoresque du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle", Paris: Curmer, 1843.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'A. Feart' after 'Adrien'. Author: Jean-Emmanuel-Marie Le Maout (1799-1877) was a French naturalist.In 1842, Le Maout qualified as a physician at the University of Paris, where he became a demonstrator of natural sciences in the Faculty of Medicine. Later he gave private lessons in literature and natural history. He was decorated with the Legion d'honneur in 1869.