Dutch botanical hand-colored engraving of a lemon tree on laid paper, from the book 'Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaamsche insecten' (On the reproduction and wonderful changes of the Surinamese insects), by Maria Sibylla Merian, published by J.F. Bernard, Amsterdam, 1730, plate 65. Image: 20.5" h x 14" W; frame: 29" H x 21.5" W. Provenance: Property removed from an Upper East Side townhouse.

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