Return to Image List   Adolphe Bertsch - Ricin du Coq, (gross 1300 fs.) Full Size Contact: Alex Novak and Marthe Smith Email: info@vintageworks.net Phone: +1-215-822-5662 Company: Contemporary Works / Vintage Works, Ltd. Company: 258 Inverness Circle Company: Chalfont, PA   18914   USA URL: http://www.vintageworks.net Ref.#: 5306 Price: $10,000 Medium: Salt print Mount: on original mount Image Date: 1857 Print Date: 1857 Dimensions: 6-1/2 x 6-1/2 in. (165 x 165 mm) Photo Country: France Photographer Country: France Description: Written in black ink "Ricin du Coq, (gross 1300 fs.)"; in upper right corner, numbered "29" in pencil on the recto mount. Apparently this is a pest that causes damage on caster-oil plants, perhaps a capsule borer or Caster semilooper. From Etudes D'Histoire Naturelle Au Microscope. Provenance: Adolphe Bertsche's personal copy. Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania and New York buyers must pay appropriate sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges.