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Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Scarabée. Cervolant. Scarabée
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- Source of title proper: Title from caption on recto.
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Reference code
CA RBD 3-43
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
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between approximately August 1773 and September 1784 (Creation)
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30 March 1783 (Creation)
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19 May 1783 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
3 illustrations : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 10.9 x 18 cm, 11 x 17.6 cm, and 11.6 x 17.8 cm
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Archival description area
Name of creator
(1717-1785)
Custodial history
Scope and content
- Illustration of Hercules Beetle (Dynastes hercules); in French, Dynaste Hercule. Place of creation: Haiti.
- Illustration of Prionid beetle (Stenodontes exsertus); in French, Prionide. Place of creation: au Cap.
- Illustration of Long-horned beetle (Prioninae); in French, Longicorne. Place of creation: au Cap.
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Physical condition
Image 68 trimmed ; top inscription cut.
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General note
Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Scarabée.
General note
Inscription (from recto; translation): Beetle.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): Cerf volan du micinti pi. [?] grand. nat. Rabié.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): Stag beetle du micinti pi. [?] life size Rabié.
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): Cervolant [sic].
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Inscription (from recto; translation): "Stag beetle".
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): cerf volans grand. nat. au Cap le 30 mars 1783 Rabié.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): "stag beetle" life size at Le Cap 30 March 1783 Rabié.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): scarabée grand. nat. au Cap le 19 May 1783 Rabié.
General note
Inscription (from verso; translation): beetle life size at Le Cap 19 May 1783 Rabié.
Alternative identifier(s)
Item number
43
Image number
67, 68, 69