Price: $65.00
SKU: 85966
PUBLISHER: Published Brussells and Leipzig.
MEDIUM: Lithograph,
DATE: 1884
EDITION SIZE: Image size 8 x 5 1/2" (20.5 x 14.3 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Butterfly and botanical print from Lepidopteres de la Belgique, leurs Chenilles et Chrysalides, by Charles Frederic Dubois. Illustrations drawn from nature by Alphonse Dubois. Tome Troisieme avec 142 Planches. Bruxelles & Leipzig: Librairie C. Muquardt, Merzbach et Falk Succrs, 1884. This hand-colored plate depicts the moth Hadena porphyrea in connection with its host plant, drawn with precision to show both insect and foliage. The work reflects the collaboration of Charles Frederic Dubois and his son Alphonse, whose detailed illustrations combined scientific study with artistic refinement, forming one of the most comprehensive 19th-century surveys of Belgian lepidoptera.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 14 inch mat for handling.
CONDITION: Good condition.
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