Title devised by cataloger

The collection was created by someone closely associated with the production of the Magasin, most likely F.-E. Guérin-Méneville, who was the editor (and also an illustrator) for the publication

Some of the drawings are signed and/or have brief ms. notes in French

The plates are engraved by Annedouche and printed by N. Rémond. Various artists are credited for the illustrations, including Guérin-Méneville, Bourgeois jeune, Burmeister, Davesne, De Romand, Delarue, Noiret, A. Percheron, Prêtre, C. Rondani, Schiodte, Sébin, Spinola (also Spinola fils), Vander Haeven, and Westwood

The engraved plates and their accompanying drawings (when present) are generally stapled together in groups of two or three. For example, a group might include the hand-colored version of an engraving, the uncolored version of the same engraving, and the original hand-colored drawing(s) upon which the engraving is based

Engravings and drawings included in this collection: Colored engravings numbered 1, 3-16, 46-49, 55, 57-59, 64, 80-95, 98, 100-101; uncolored engravings numbered 1, 3-15, 49, 55, 60-61, 65, 76-97, 99-106 (duplicates are present for the following uncolored engravings: 77-79, 99, 103-106); original drawings for plates 3-4, 6-10, 12-15, 17-120, 55, 60-61, 64, 80, 82-85, 91, 93-97, and 106. Multiple versions of the original illustrations are included for nos. 7 (2 versions), 8 (2 versions), 13 (2 versions), 17 (2 versions), 18 (3 versions), 19 (2 versions), 97 (2 versions), and 106 (2 versions)

Some of the drawings are done on bits of scrap paper bearing printed or manuscript text (e.g., a handwritten cover sheet addressed to Guérin at Paris, postmarked Versailles, 1 avril 1839, is stapled to one of the drawings for plate 7)

A few ms. annotations dating to the 1930s by entomologist Herbert Spencer Barber appear on some of the plates and drawings

A collection of engravings and original drawings in pencil and ink that were created as illustrations for the "Insectes" portion of the Magasin de zoologie (published at Paris by Arthus Bertrand, 1839-1845)

SCNHRB copy (portfolio 1, 39088015291180; portfolio 2, 39088015299522) is unbound, and housed in two archival envelopes. Volume 1 contains selected engravings and drawings numbered from 1 through 77; v. 2 contains selected engravings and drawings numbered from 78 through 106

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