The antique botanical prints in this issue are by the son of Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1841), Pierre-Jean-Frédéric-Eugène Turpin (1803-1821), from Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Pierre-Jean-Frédéric-Eugène TurpinBorn: August 15, 1803Died: August 21, 1821Father: Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1841)Mother: Marie-Louise-Agathe (b. Chatel) TurpinPierre Jean Fédéric Eugène Turpin was the son of Pierre Jean François Turpin, a botanist and artist who travelled, collected plants and studied nature to a microscopic level. The son died in 1821 at the age of 18. Upon his son’s death, his father inscribed one of the his son’s original plates as follows:« This original illustration, painted by Pierre Jean Frédéric Eugène Turpin, a few days before his death, is part of the collection included in the atlas of the Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles of Levrault. The illustrator, who was 18 years and 6 days of age, ceased to live on the 21st of August 1821. »