128 - LUCAS (Hippolyte). Natural History of the Lepidoptera of Europe—Natural History of Exotic Lepidoptera. Paris, Pauquet and L. Debure, 1834–1835. 2 volumes, in-8, half-calf with period corners, smooth stamped spine. 216 pp., 80 plates; (1) f. 156 pp., 80 plates. Bindings slightly rubbed, scattered foxing affecting the text and the headbands more noticeably (more pronounced on the last folios of the European Lepidoptera), a few folios of text browned.

LUCAS (Hippolyte). Natural History of the Lepidoptera of Europe—Natural History of Exotic Lepidoptera. Paris, Pauquet and L. Debure, 1834–1835. 2 volumes, in-8, half-calf with period corners, smooth stamped spine. 216 pp., 80 plates; (1) f. 156 pp., 80 plates. Bindings slightly rubbed, scattered foxing affecting the text and the headbands more noticeably (more pronounced on the last folios of the European Lepidoptera), a few folios of text browned. First edition illustrated with 160 plates of butterflies engraved on steel by A. Noël (Lepidoptera of Europe) and Pauquet (Exotic Lepidoptera) and finely hand-watercolored, totaling approximately 600 specimens. Pierre-Hippolyte Lucas (1814–1899), an entomologist attached to the Natural History Museum, would go on to serve on the Scientific Commission for the Exploration of Algeria a few years later.