Great African White Ant. Lepisma polypoda, Termes bellicosus. Engraving c1819.

by Rees, Abraham

Ants antique print. Ant Queen "Pregnant Female" Ant, and Labourers, Soldiers, King, Male, Queen, Nests.

Amazing engraving by Thomas Milton c1808 (with later hand-colour). Engraved for The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature by Abraham Rees, published in London by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown of Paternoster Row. 

The New Cyclopaedia was compiled by Abraham Rees, who had served a long apprenticeship as a reviser of Chambers’ Encyclopaedia. Between 1802 and 1820 Rees produced a completely original, finely illustrated work, using the finest artists and experts in each field. Each of seven large volumes contained over 240 copperplate-engravings. It was the most comprehensive and best illustrated encyclopaedia of the early 19th century.

The size of this antique print is 265 x 200 mm (10.5 x 8 inches)