Bucknell University 16th C World Maps and Vancouver 1793-95

and Vancouver 1793-95

that place the Temple of Flora among the greatest botanical books of all time

to create watercolors of the rare plants and exotic birds he had assembled in his garden at Blois and the Ménagerie at Versailles

" circa 1720

Bucknell University 16th C World Maps and Vancouver 1793-95Richard Rummell Bucknell University Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 17 1 4 x 29 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were