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"Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères Exotiques"
Lucas Pierre-Hippolyte
Description of the work.
We are pleased to offer a selection of prints from the rare first edition of "Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères Exotiques" beautiful handcoloured plates, drawn and engraved by H.L. Emile Pauquet and very nicely painted by A. Noël, representing exotic butterflies. Lepidoptera are classified according to Cuvier in three divisions: diurnal, twilight and nocturnal.
The work describes, among others, butterflies from Australia, from Port Jackson, New Holland and Kangaroo Island.
Prints feature very detailed engravings enhanced by wonderfully rich original hand-coloring.
Each engraved plate is in octavo
edition and measure approximately 5" 4/5 x 9" 1/2 (15,0 x 24,0 cm) .
The condition of these prints is superb. Superbly handcoloured (the hand colouring is
original to the time of issue) on wonderful white paper. There is no foxing on clean paper. The flawless white paper allows the brilliance of color and nuance of
tonality to shine through.
The photos are very accurate, so please review carefully. All our prints are authentic antique prints and guaranteed to be from the date stated. These prints are about 185 years old.
Biography of the Author.
Lucas Hippolyte (1814 – 1899)
Lucas Hippolyte was born in 1814 in Paris and was a French entomologist. At the early age of 13 started to work as 'apprenti-preparateur' in the Zoological laboratory of the Paris Museum. Later he worked closely together with Latreille. He was a member of the Entomological Society of France and an honorary member of that of London. Lucas was part of the Scientific Commission for the Exploration of Algeria (1839-1842) and worked up the invertebrate collections for publication in three volumes: one on crustacea, arachnids, myriapods and hexapods 1849, and two volumes on insects [1846]-1849. Conceived and directed by the naturalist Bory de Saint Vincent, one of the first modern, systematic biological surveys of northern Africa, was undertaken by the French government in the early 1840s and resulted in a multi-volume series of scientific publications under the title of the "Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie". The botanical and zoological volumes of this important expedition are of particular interest also to entomologists, since they contain numerous descriptions of species new to science. Lucas was later occupied mainly with the entomological fauna of this area.
With regard to the Spiders, he published from 1833 to 1888, numerous small notes on the systematics, manners and geographical distribution of these animals. He gave several catch lists in France and did some important studies on Spider. Lucas was very prolific. He published among other:
Bibliography Reference: Horn & Schenkling 13977; Nissen ZBI, 2581.