03/09/2026
Salsola fruticosa. [Saltwort]. Copperplate engraving by Bigant after Pancrace Bessa, circa 1801.
Artemisia argentea. [Sagebrush]. Copperplate engraving by Dubreuil after Pancrace Bessa, circa 1801.
Copperplate engravings in stipple technique, printed in several colours from one plate.
From: Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Traité des Arbres et Arbustes que l’on cultivé en France en Pleine Terre, Paris,1801-1819.
Sheet size: each approx. 40 x 25 cm.
Artist - Pancrace Bessa (1772-1846), the pupil of Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840).