Album Vilmorin Vegetable Print #20 Size:19 x 14 The water here is illustrated

The water here is illustrated so expertly: every ripple looks real

and includes dance

Printer: Grafitalia - Roma

30 1879 / Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie

'The sun of India is in thine eyes and in the corner of thy mouth

Album Vilmorin Vegetable Print #20 Size:19 x 14 The water here is illustrated"Album Vilmorin No. 20 1869 Vilmorin Andrieux & Cie." Vilmorin Andrieux and Company was an important seed company that got its start from printing these plates in 1850, following the expertise of Philippe Victoire de Vilmorin, a merchant and botanist, and his father in law Pierre Andrieux, official botanist to the King of France. The company contributed to the advancement of botany and agronomic knowledge of the time. Elisa Champin originally painted