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Praying Mantis Engraving

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A wonderful, early-19th century engraving of a praying mantis ("M. gongloides"), from a book entitled "AN ASSEMBLAGE OF PRINTS OF BIRDS, BEASTS; FISHES, INSECTS, SERPENTS, & c., FROM CUVIER AND SHAW." From the days when illustrators felt it necessary to imbue their subjects with a little extra personality! 8.75" x 5.5"

Note: these old engraving are actual, physical prints. The engraver would more-or-less copy an illustrator's work, making an engraved plate of steel or copper. Then, the printers at the publishing house would impress paper onto the plates, pulling a print. Finally, the prints were bound into a book along with the text. They are works of art, first and last.

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A wonderful, early-19th century engraving of a praying mantis ("M. gongloides"), from a book entitled "AN ASSEMBLAGE OF PRINTS OF BIRDS, BEASTS; FISHES, INSECTS, SERPENTS, & c., FROM CUVIER AND SHAW." From the days when illustrators felt it necessary to imbue their subjects with a little extra personality! 8.75" x 5.5"

Note: these old engraving are actual, physical prints. The engraver would more-or-less copy an illustrator's work, making an engraved plate of steel or copper. Then, the printers at the publishing house would impress paper onto the plates, pulling a print. Finally, the prints were bound into a book along with the text. They are works of art, first and last.

A wonderful, early-19th century engraving of a praying mantis ("M. gongloides"), from a book entitled "AN ASSEMBLAGE OF PRINTS OF BIRDS, BEASTS; FISHES, INSECTS, SERPENTS, & c., FROM CUVIER AND SHAW." From the days when illustrators felt it necessary to imbue their subjects with a little extra personality! 8.75" x 5.5"

Note: these old engraving are actual, physical prints. The engraver would more-or-less copy an illustrator's work, making an engraved plate of steel or copper. Then, the printers at the publishing house would impress paper onto the plates, pulling a print. Finally, the prints were bound into a book along with the text. They are works of art, first and last.