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Attacus Atlas Moth (Attacus aurota) Insectes > Lépidoptères > Plate 10 {Insects > Lepidoptera > Plate 10} Dictionnaire Universel D'Histoire Naturelle, Vol. 2 illustrated by Charles Dessalines D'Orbigny.

Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies & moths.

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Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle - Charles d’Orbigny - c.1844-1849 - via e-rara

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🦗 Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle. v. 3 1849 - Atlas (Zoologie-Botanique) Paris: Chez les editeurs MM. Renard, Martinet et cie, rue et Hotel Mignon, 2 (quartier de l'à 30cole-de-Médecine) ; et chez Langlois et Leclercq, rue de la Harpe, 81 ; Victor Masson, Place de l'Ecole-de-Médecin1847-1849 Mantis Shrimp r not shrimp or mantids but resemble both. Powerful claws can break thru aquarium glass w/ single strike

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For #InternationalRaccoonAppreciationDay 🦝:

“Raton laveur” - French for “washing rat,” aka a Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor).

Mammiferes Pl.7B in Charles d'Orbigny’s Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, Atlas t.1, Paris, 1849.

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Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

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Sarcoramphus papa - Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle - Charles d’Orbigny - c.1844-1849 - via e-rara

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Dromedary or Camelus Dromedarius

"Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle" by Charles Dessalines d'Orbigny, 1892

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Crimson Crawfish (Palemon ornatum) Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle (1892) - Charles Dessalines D’Orbigny

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Animal plates by Édouard Traviès and Jean-Baptiste Meunier from the Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle (1849)

1. Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) by Édouard Traviès

2. Lioness (Panthera leo) by Édouard Traviès

3. Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) by Édouard Traviès

4. Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) by Jean-Baptiste Meunier

5. Linnaeus's mouse opossum (Marmosa murina) by Édouard Traviès

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Flora and Sylva

Today we present botanical illustrations from our American Geographical Society Library’s set of French natural history books Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle. The books were produced under the direction of Charles d'Orbigny and published in Paris by Renard, Martinet et Cie from 1847-1849 in 13 volumes and 3 illustrated atlases. The hand-colored plates we are featuring today are illustrations of Dahlias, Aechmea, Stapelia, Gloxinia, and Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae) flowers.

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–Sarah, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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Shell illustrations taken from ‘Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle’ by Charles Dessalines d'Orbigny.

Published 1849.

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Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle - Charles d’Orbigny - c.1844-1849 - via e-rara

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🐆 Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle: Paris: Chez les editeurs MM. Renard, Martinet et cie, rue et Hotel Mignon, 2 (quartier de l'École-de-Médecine) ; et chez Langlois et Leclercq, rue de la Harpe, 81 ; Victor Masson, Place de l'Ecole-de-Médecin1847-1849

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Flowering Quince by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny (1806-1876), from 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle

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Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle