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Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Shells and Insects
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St. Domingue Coquillages - Insectes.
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- Source of title proper: Title based on content of volume
- Parallel titles and other title information: Title from volume cover
- Parallel titles and other title information: Collection des coquillages et des insectes de St. Domingue peints d'après nature par Mr. de Rabié, maréchal de camp ingénieur en chef de la partie du nord de St. Domingue, mort à Paris en 1785.
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CA RBD 3
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
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1770-1784 (Creation)
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Physical description
1 volume (70 pages) : colour illustrations ; cm
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Name of creator
(1717-1785)
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Scope and content
Volume contains 173 watercolor paintings of shells and insects by Réné de Rabié.
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General note
Latin names of food plants are in square brackets.
Credits note
Research group members:
Tommaso Racheli, Sapienza University of Rome, personal communication.
Daniel Perez-Gelabert, Smithsonian Institution, personal communication.
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Accession no.
253778