
Plate XXVIII. CASSIDA BICORNIS.
CASSIDA SCALARIS.
. CASSIDA MICANS.
. CASSIDA ECHINATA.
. CASSIDA PERFORATA.
. CASSIDA LUCTUOSA
from The
Natural
History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH:
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet
Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand
coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The
engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie
colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each . ..
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Plate XXIX. CASSIDA SIX-PUSTULATA.
CLYTHRA HIRTA.
.CHLAMYS MONSTROSA.
. DORYPHORA TESSELLATA.
. . EROTYLUS HISTRIO.
SPHENISCUS EROTYLOIDES.
from The
Natural
History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH:
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet
Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand
coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The
engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie
colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each .
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Cicindela Auralenta, Procerus Toricus, Anthia Decemguttata, Carabus
Hispanus
from The
Natural
History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH:
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet
Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand
coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The
engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie
colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each .
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Plate XXVII. SAGRA BUQUETII - Male.
SAGRA BUQUETII - Female.
from The
Natural
History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH:
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet
Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand
coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The
engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie
colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each . ..
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PhalaenaChoercampa Celesid
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c
1790/1810 of
Butterflies, Moths and larval stages unsigned double mounted lined
edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be
wrong £25
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Plate
III. CALASOMA
SYCOPHANTA.

. ELAPHRUS
RIPARIUS.
.
MORMOLYCE
PHYLLODES.
from The
Natural
History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH:
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet
Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand
coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The
engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie
colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each
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Plate V.
STAPHYLINUS
ERYTHRURUS.;XANTHOLINUS
FULGIDUS..
BOLITOBIUS ATRICAPILLUS.. ZIROPHORUS EXARATUS
from The
Natural History of Beetles drawn
By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH: William Home Lizars
(Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet Street, London; and
W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand coloured steel engraving
from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The engravings were always
coloured by artists before publication ie colured as originally
sold. Mounted etc £10 each . .. 3 copies
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Plate VIII.
ELATER MELANOCEPHALUS.
LAMPYRIS
ITALICA.
LAMPYRIS
LATREILLII.
.
LYCUS FESTIVUS.
.
MALACHIUS MARGINELLUS.
PRIOCERA
VARIEGATA.
from The
Natural
History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH:
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet
Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand
coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The
engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie
colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each . ..2
copies
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Plate XIX. HORIA MACULATA.
MELOE VARIEGATUS - Female.
CANTHARIS VESICATORIA, or BLISTER
BEETLE.
. CANTHARIS NUTTALLI.
from The
Natural
History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH:
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet
Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand
coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The
engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie
colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each
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Plate XX. APODERUS LONGICOLLIS.
APODERUS GEMMATUS.
APODERUS RUFICOLLIS.
. RHYNCHITES POPULI.
. RHYNCHITES PUBESCENS.
RHYNCHITES COLLARIS.
from The
Natural
History of Beetles drawn By JAMES DUNCAN published EDINBURGH:
William Home Lizars (Edinburgh, 1788 - 1859) ; S. Highley, 32 Fleet
Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin. 1835.hand
coloured steel engraving from 'The Naturalist Library' 1840.The
engravings were always coloured by artists before publication ie
colured as originally sold. Mounted etc £10 each .
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Phalaena Grandis
Phalaena Spinnea
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c
1790/1810 of
Butterflies, Moths and larval stages unsigned double mounted lined
edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be
wrong £25
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Phalaena Dives PhalaenaTumacula
Phalaena Flavicornis
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c
1790/1810 of
Butterflies, Moths and larval stages unsigned double mounted lined
edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be
wrong
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Phalaena Trepsida, Phalaena Compressa , Notodonta Trepida
Original Watercoloured stipple engravings c
1790/1810 of
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edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be
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Phalaena Furcula
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1790/1810 of
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edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be
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Areta Menerthastium
framed and glazed £55
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edge etc labelled by hand is spidery script so spelling may be
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Lepidoptera
Published as the Act directs, 1814, by
Longman, Hurst , Rees,
Orme and Brown Paternoster Row fom one of the Cyclopedia/
Encyclopedia they produced pages 22 x 27 xm mounted some soiling so
£10 ea
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Diptera
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Longman, Hurst , Rees,
Orme and Brown Paternoster Row fom one of the Cyclopedia/
Encyclopedia they produced pages 22 x 27 xm mounted some soiling so
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Hemiptera
Published as the Act directs, 1814, by
Longman, Hurst , Rees,
Orme and Brown Paternoster Row fom one of the Cyclopedia/
Encyclopedia they produced pages 22 x 27 xm mounted some soiling so
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Coleoptera Gollathus
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Longman, Hurst , Rees,
Orme and Brown Paternoster Row fom one of the Cyclopedia/
Encyclopedia they produced pages 22 x 27 xm mounted in muted blue
some soiling so £10 ea
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Hemiptera Mantis
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Longman, Hurst , Rees,
Orme and Brown Paternoster Row fom one of the Cyclopedia/
Encyclopedia they produced pages 22 x 27 xm mounted some soiling so
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Émile Blanchard (fl. c. 1845) Original watercolour
Original watercolour with gum arabic page for an
illustration for the Dictionnaire D'Histoire Naturelle, 1849 .
This has traces of his writing describing the insects and extensive
faint script to the base of the pic. Signed to the left E Blanchard
some surface soiling but how did it survive absolutely stunning
Large plate mounted to preserve ie keep tidy .
. .. . . Charles Émile Blanchard (6 March 1819 – 11
February 1900) was a French zoologist and entomologist born in
Paris. His father was an artist and naturalist and Émile began
natural history very early in life. When he was 14 years old, Jean
Victoire Audouin (1797–1841), allowed him access to the
laboratory of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. In 1838,
he became a technician or préparateur in this then, as now,
famous institution. In 1841, he became assistant-naturalist.He
accompanied Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885) and Jean Louis Armand
de Quatrefages de Breau (1810–1892) to Sicily on a marine zoology
expedition. He published, in 1845 a Histoire des insectes, or History
of the insects and, in 1854–1856 Zoologie agricole or
Agricultural Zoology. This last work is remarkable: it presents in a
precise way the harmful or pest species and the damage they cause to
various crop plants. This work was illustrated by his father.Next he
published an atlas of the anatomy of the vertebrates which appeared
between 1852 and 1864. This publication raised his hopes to obtain the
chair of reptiles and fish at the Natural History Museum left vacant by
the death of Auguste Duméril (1812–1870) but it was
finally Leon Vaillant (1834–1914) who was selected. However, in
1862, he was given the chair of natural history of Crustacea, Arachnida
and Insects. He left this in 1894 following his infirmity. He was
elected, in 1862 into the Academy of Science. He began to lose his
sight after 1860 and became blind in 1890. He died in Paris
.. . . . by Charles d'Orbigny, (1806-1876) Editor.
DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE. DIRIGÉ.
ATLAS . Published in Paris, by Renard, Martinet et Cie,
(1842-)1849. one of 274 coloured engravings on steel.
Amongst the artists were Oudart, Werner, Vaillant, Traviès,
Meunier, Delarue, Sussemihl, Blanchard etc. Fournier was the principal
engrarver, however others included Oudet, Forget, Teillard, Legrand,
Duménil, Lebrun, Annedouche and Pardinel. Imp. Folliau
printed most of the plates but the firms of Lamoureaux and
Langlois contributed some
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