Gorgeous and vibrant hand colored, stipple-engraved print of Marsilea quadrifolia, or water clover from theFrench edition of Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Turpin is considered to be one of the most accomplished botanical illustrators of the 19th century. Mounted on trellis patterned paper by Birdie Fortescue and framed in an antique Adirondack style frame.
