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Original hand colored copper engraving from the "Histoire Naturelle"
offering a rich snapshot of Illinois during a period of rapid growth and development
first issued in 1755 by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson
Madison Street
Dense French-language commentary fills the lower portion of the sheet
Crayfish Poem after Raoul Dufy, 1911 Autograph Original hand colored copper engravingOriginal woodcut from the famous book Le Bestiaire, ou Cortge d'Orphe, a collaboration between poet Guillaume Apollinaire and artist Raoul Dufy, 1911. Apollinaire uses the crayfish's natural habit of swimming backward as a metaphor for uncertainty and a "retrograde" movement in life or love. This specific poem, along with others from the Bestiary, was famously set to music by the composer Francis Poulenc in 1919. In excellent condition. Dimensions: 9.
