[ButterflyMoth Engraving] Leitner, Joh.

Papilion Exotic.

Germany: No date, ca 1780. Lovely 18th century copperplate engraving with period handcolor of butterfly/moth. Approx. 8x10 1/2". Most likely from Johan Cristoph Esper's "Die Schmetterlinge in Abbil-dungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen", published between 1777 and 1801. Very good condition. Title of this print "Papilion. Exotic. Tab. XVIII", illustrating the Hippolythus and Amphimedon species. Item #19351

Price: $225.00