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Coucouye. Coucouye vue par dessous
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CA RBD 3-48
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2 April 1783 (Creation)
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2 illustrations : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 8.1 x 10.2 cm and 8. x 10.2 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Fire beetle (Pyrophorus sp.); in French, Taupin lumineux. Place of creation: Haiti.
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): Coucouye.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): Click beetle.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): Cucullos en espagnol, se prononce Coucouye en français, grand nat. au Cap le 2 avril 1783 Rabié/ Coucouye, vue par dessus; les yeux ne répandent pas de lumiere, ce sont les trois luminaires en dessous qui en repandent.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): Cucullos in Spanish, pronounced Coucouye in French, life size at Le Cap 2 April 1783 Rabié/ Coucouye, seen from below; the eyes do not give off light, it is the three lights on the bottom that glow.
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): Coucouye vue par dessous.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): Click beetle seen from below.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): Cucullos en espagnol, se prononce Coucouye en français, grand nat. au Cap le 2 avril 1783 Rabié/ vue par dessous ce Scarabée a deaux luminaires audessus des yeux, et un autre plus grand sous le Corcelet, cest a dire entre labdomen et le Corcelet qui repand une lumiere tres Celat./ Coucouye - de grandeur naturelle - vue par dessous. ce Scarabée a deux luminaires audessus des yeux, et un autre plus grand sous le Corcelet, cest a dire entre le Corcelet et l'abdomen qui répandent une lumiere très vive.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): Cucullos in Spanish, pronounced Coucouye in French, life size at Le Cap 2 April 1783 Rabié/ seen from below this Scarab has two lights above its eyes, and another larger below the Thorax, that is between the abodomen and the Thorax that give off a light the eyes do not give off a very bright light/ Coucouye - life size - seen from below. thi Beetle has two lights above its eyes and another larger under the Thorax, that is between ther Thorax and the abdomen that shines very bright.
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48
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81, 82