#books and illustration

Giant Silk Moths and purple coral tree.  Etching by Joseph Mulder, based on the artwork of Maria Sibylla Merian, for the book, “Over de Voorteeling en Wonderbaerlyke Veranderingen der Surinaamsche Insecten, published in 1730.

Glance at Detroit from the city hall.  Wood engraving by John Douglas Woodward for Picturesque America, Volume 1, published in 1872.  The book was edited by William Cullen Bryant.

The shower.  Woodcut by Felix Vallotton, for his biography, published in 1898 by Edmond Sagot and J. A. Stargardt

The falling of the leaves.  Landscape etching by Alfred Taiee, based on the artwork of Jean-Francois Millet for the book, J. F. Millet:  Souvenirs de Barbizon, published in 1876.