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Set of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern DobsonflySet of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern DobsonflySet of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern DobsonflySet of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern DobsonflySet of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern DobsonflySet of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern DobsonflySet of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern Dobsonfly

Insects & Arachnids

Set of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern Dobsonfly

€ 540

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Sheet size
15.3 × 23.4 cm (6.0 × 9.2 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13214-57, -58, -64
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Condition

General age-related toning. Minor wear and soiling. With original protective sheet attached (one missing, residue visible). Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

Three plates of insects from the Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, edited by Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny and published in 1861. Each is a hand-colored engraving headed "Dict. Univ. d'Hist. Nat." and "Insectes", with enlarged outline drawings of heads and body parts beside the main figure.

The first plate shows a lantern fly, with wide mottled wings and a pair of large eye-spots on the hindwings, over lettering naming the species. The second is a cicada, drawn from above with dark, red-veined wings spread and a green and black banded abdomen, with enlarged drawings of the underside. The third is the eastern dobsonfly, lettered "Corydale cornu (Corydalis cornutus, Linn.)", with its long curved mandibles and large, finely veined wings.

D'Orbigny was a French botanist and geologist who identified many of the flowering plant species returned to France from his brother's collecting journeys through South America.

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Set of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern Dobsonfly
Set of 3 Antique Prints of a Lantern Fly, Cicada and the Eastern Dobsonfly
Ref. BG-13214-57, -58, -64 · € 540
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