Jean Antoine Coquebert de Montbret (1753, Paris- 6 April 1825) was a French entomologist. He wrote Illustratio iconographica insectorum quae in musaeis parisinis observavit et in lucem edidit Joh. Christ. Fabricius, praemissis ejusdem descriptionibus; accedunt species plurimae, vel minus aut nondum cognitae, Paris: P. Didot, 1799-1804 an illustrated work on insect specimens in the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. The insects appear as inside an insect box.
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References
edit- Laboulais-Lesage, Isabelle,1999 Lectures et pratiques de l’espace. L’itinéraire de Coquebert de Montbret, savant et grand commis de l’État Paris, Honoré Champion. [1][permanent dead link]
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edit- Zoologica Göttingen State and University Library Digitised Illustratio iconographica insectorum ...