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Violet, Viola lutea grandiflora, with beetle.
Violet, Viola lutea grandiflora, with beetle. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from "Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (Dutch Flower Arrangements), Amsterdam, Elwe, 1794. Illustration copied from a work by one of the outstanding French flower painters of the 17th century, Nicolas Robert (1614-1685), entitled "Variae ac multiformes florum Diverses fleurs," Paris, 1660.
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