Cherubs (530) nature American City Views

American City Views

Of all the botanical books published in England during the 18th and 19th Centuries

Each and every one of the images we have reproduced has been selected with care and with an eye toward its uniqueness

Image: 12 x 18 "           or      8

Image: 12 x 20"

Cherubs (530) nature American City ViewsANTIQUITIES The technological improvement of engraving and printing resulted in a growing demand for books of subjects that had once been reserved for scholars. The study of antiquities found a growing audience. Readers who looked for records of the past in order to measure the progress of the present. The English fascination with the ancient Italians was evident in a volume published in 1773 in which we have reproduced four of the charming Cherubs