HERBIER DE LA FRANCE.PLANTE DE LA FRANCE. BOLETUS EXSICCABILIS, PEDICULO LATERALI, PILEO OBLIQUATO… Tinted engraving, Pl. 7

1780-93. Image: 9 x 6 ¼". Wide margins. Tinted engraving, Pl. 7. Pierre Bulliard is considered a pioneer in mycological studies, and he produced some of the most accomplished botanical plates of the eighteenth century. For these plates, he line-etched an outline of the mushrooms, then used three tinted plates to achieve the color.