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Les Papillons: Métamorphoses terrestres des peuples de l'air

1852
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Les Papillons: Métamorphoses terrestres des peuples de l'air
  • Illustrator: Amédée Varin (French, Châlons-sur-Marne 1818–1883 Crouttes)
  • Author: Eugène Nus
  • Author: Antony Méray (born 1817)
  • Publisher: Gabriel de Gonet , Paris
  • Printer: E. de Soye (French, 19th century)
  • Date: 1852
  • Medium: Wood engraving, steel engraving, hand colored
  • Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 7 5/16 x 1 1/16 in. (27 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.565.31(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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