FROM THE EDITION 'ICONOGRAPHIE DU GENRE CAMELLIA...'
HAND COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVINGS PRODUCED IN 1839.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ABBE' LAURENT BERLESE. J.J. JUNG
EXECUTED THE DRAWINGS OF THE KNOWN CAMELLIA PLANTS OF
THE DAY AND WITH PRECISE DRAFTSMANSHIP WERE ENGRAVED BY
DUMENIL, GABRIEL AND OUDET, THE BEST ENGRAVERS IN FRANCE.
THESE WERE PRINTED IN SOME COLOUR AND FINISHED BY HAND.
THE RESULT WAS A HIGHLY FINISHED IMAGE OF UNRIVALLED ACCURACY
AND DIMENSIONALITY, WHICH ONLY STIPPLE ENGRAVING ALLOWS.