Set of Five Antique Prints of Flies and Hymenoptera Insects, 1861

€ 620

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1861
Sheet size: 23.4 × 15.3 cm (9.2 × 6.0 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-13214-66, -67, -68, -86, -87

Condition

General age-related toning. Minor wear and soiling. With original protective sheet attached. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Set of 5 original antique prints of diptera (flies) and hymenoptera insects. These prints originate from 'Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire Naturelle' by d'Orbigny. Published 1861.

Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French botanist and geologist specializing in the Tertiary of France. At the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, d'Orbigny identified many of the flowering plant species returned to France from his brother's natural history collecting journeys through South America.