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Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

Charles d’Orbigny’s “Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle” was a French natural-history encyclopaedia, published in Paris between 1841 and 1849. Its plates here show birds such as the toucan, peacock, cassowary and greater bird of paradise, an Indian elephant, a raccoon, beetles, arachnids, the death’s-head hawkmoth, orchids and rhododendrons.

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Goliathus cacicus

Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

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Toucan Plate 14

Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

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Imperial Eagle

Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

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Raton laveur

Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

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Common Pheasant

Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

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Paon domestique

Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

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Casuaris galeatus

Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

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About Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle

The dictionary was edited by Charles d’Orbigny, a botanist and geologist and the brother of the naturalist Alcide d’Orbigny, with contributions from many French scientists. Its text runs alphabetically, while the plates, hand-coloured engravings, carry headings by group, such as “Coléoptères”, “Lépidoptères”, “Orthoptères” or “Arachnides”.

Birds and insects make up most of this collection. Among the birds are an imperial eagle, a purple heron, a pheasant and the crowned pigeon; among the insects, the Goliath beetle “Goliathus cacicus”, a lantern fly, a cicada and beetles. From the sea come a sea pen with a sea anemone, a feather star and a plate of molluscs, and the botanical plates show bellflowers, caladium and a plate of dicotyledons. Each hand-coloured plate becomes a giclée print with pigment inks, made to order in Berlin on matte 210 g/m² fine art paper or 400 g/m² cotton canvas, in sizes A4 to A0.