Swallow-tail Butterflies - Romulus, Demetrius, Agamemnon, Phorcas, Codrus, Hector...

Bird-wing Butterflies with ancient Greek names. Hand-coloured print.

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 cream paper with darker background to image. (Slight creasing of page edges)