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Thomas Holloway
A portrait of Charles Etienne Bonnet

1794

About the Item

London: Thomas Holloway, 1794. Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 3/4 x 8 inches (246 x 201 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light discoloration throughout the sheet. As published in Johann Caspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind, London, Bensley, 1810. Charles Bonnet was a Genevan naturalist and philosophical writer. He is responsible for coining the term "phyllotaxis" to describe the arrangement of leaves on a plant. He was among the first to notice parthenogenetic reproduction in aphids and established that insects respired through their spiracles.

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