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Charles Germaine de Saint-Aubin

Butterflies on the Stage or Italian Theater, from Sample of Human Butterflies by Saint Aubin

1756/60
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
32.7 × 23.8 cm (12.9 × 9.4 in)

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