Le Papillon. Hand-coloured Butterflies print. Panckouke Natural History.

Pretty hand-coloured reproduction print of Butterflies.

Histoire Naturelle, Insectes. Natural History Insects print reproduced from a hand-coloured copperplate engraving by Benard from a drawing by Martinet for Panckouke's Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trios regnes de la nature, originally published in Paris between 1791 and 1823.

Image size is approximately 30cm x 20cm (12 x 8 inches), printed on thick antique white coloured paper.