Planche d'entomologie Papillons - N°12 estampe japonaise The illustration showcases the Adiantum

The illustration showcases the Adiantum assimile / lunulatum fern

evoking the conquest of the sky and the expansion of the airline network

published in 1856 by the astronomer and botanist Edward Joseph Lowe

a succulent plant native to the Canary Islands

emblématique du transport aérien des années 50

Planche d'entomologie Papillons - N°12 estampe japonaise The illustration showcases the AdiantumReproduction of an entomological plate taken from the "Natural History of Exotic Lepidoptera" by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas (1835). This work includes magnificent plates of butterflies, these illustrations engraved on steel were then colored by hand from nature.