Colour printed engraved plate depicting a corn on the cob holding a [sword] and standing in a field with small glasshouses [cloches]. The artist uses anthropomorphism to depict the vegetables in a humorous style. The book plate bears the imprints 'Varin del. et sc.' and 'G de Gonet edit'. From the book 'L'empire des légumes' by Eugène Nus'. Inscription: '24' handwritten in pencil in the TL corner