Animals, Marine Life, Leech, Blutegel, Holothuries, Echinodermes, Egypt, Salvatore Tresca
Leeches - Blutegel
"Holothuries". Zoologie. Echinodermes
With anatomic details
Watermark: Egypte Ancienne et Moderne
Original antique print
Copper etching, aquatinta of the absolute highest quality by Salvatore Tresca (1750-1815)
Published in "Description de l'Egypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, Histoire naturelle"
By Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844)
Paris, 1809-1829.
This print dated 1810
The longer title: La Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand est un ouvrage monumental, issu de la campagne d'Égypte de Bonaparte.
This print was published in the monumental, elephant-size collection of findings during the invasion and occupation of Egypt by Napoleon's army in 1798-1801.
Very good condition. Some fraying along margin edges.
68.8 x 50.5 cm (27 x 19.8 ")
from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudo_medicinalis#Medical_usage
Hirudo medicinalis, the European medicinal leech, is one of several species of leeches used as "medicinal leeches".
Other species of Hirudo sometimes also used as medicinal leeches include H. orientalis, H. troctina, and H. verbana. The Asian medicinal leech includes Hirudinaria manillensis, and the North American medicinal leech is Macrobdella decora.
Medicinal leech populations were severely reduced in many countries during the 19th century due to the high demand in medical contexts, and remain endangered in many countries today
