Tonkin. Près Tourane. Le P[ère] Maillard, curé de Phu-thuong, au milieu de ses caféiers / [photogr.] A

Tonkin. Près Tourane. Le P[ère] Maillard, curé de Phu-thuong, au milieu de ses caféiers / [photogr.] A
André. Photographe Salles, 1898
Hand-colored engraving, Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)

Nineteenth-century botanical plates of Coffea arabica and related species follow the European convention set by Redouté and the Tournefort engravers: a primary specimen at scale, isolated details at margin, clean ground. They sell as institutional, scientific, and timeless because they were drawn to that standard.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica). Public Domain. Original work in the public domain; the restoration and reformatting © coffeeposters.com.

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