Botanical engraving from 1889. Cinchona by A. Lefevre - Colour lithograph.

✨ Authentic engraving from 1889 (136 years ago!). This is not a modern reproduction, but a genuine antique engraving. ✨ Subject: Cinchona. 🌿 Artist: Achille Lefevre. 🌿 Size: 18 X 27 cm. 🌿 Edition: 1889. 🌿 Slightly cardboard paper in elegant vintage cream white. 🌿 Condition: Very good, with slight signs of age. See also the photos. The artist of the work is Achille Lefevre, a botanical illustrator. This engraving belongs to a collection of botanical plates from the 19th century, published in "Les Plantes médicinales indigènes et exotiques" in 1889, a reference work on the therapeutic virtues of plants. It finely illustrates the artistic and scientific craftsmanship of the time, blending naturalistic precision with decorative elegance. Authentic and original, this plate bears witness to the richness of botanical and medicinal knowledge of its time. A true time capsule, it combines beauty and pedagogy, making each copy a precious fragment of natural history. Beautiful botanical illustration representing cinchona with its tubular pink flowers grouped in terminal panicles and its large oval leaves. The composition shows the plant in its natural environment with a tropical landscape in the background. 🌸 Secure shipping: Rigid protection to ensure condition upon arrival. 🌸 Bulk purchase: Possible discounts for purchasing multiple plates. Contact me to optimise shipping costs. 🌸 More choices in my shop - Browse my other lithographs and prints for more botany and zoology. Reference: 103-1-30. Texts inscribed on the engraving: LES PLANTES MÉDICINALES - PL 30 - QUINQUINA Cinchona Calisaya. --- Decoration, vintage, flower, bark, antipyretic, tropical. This plate presents a scientific naturalistic style typical of 19th-century botanical illustrations, in the tradition of great medical encyclopaedias.