Paris, E. Deyrolle, 1879. 8vo (22.1 x 14.6 cm). vi, 207 pp. Original printed wrappers.

A very seldom-seen catalogue, written by the French entomologist, writer, artist and son of the famous writer George Sand, Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant, known as Baron Dudevant and better known by the pseudonym Maurice Sand (1823-1889). Sand started collecting butterflies in 1852 and started writing this catalogue in 1871. Apparently, it was completed in or just before 1879. Sand arranged the list following the numbering used by O. Staudinger and M. Wocke, in their 1871 catalogue, Catalog der Lepidopteren des Europäischen Faunengebietes. Catalogue ou enumération méthodique des Lépidopterès qui habitent le territoire de la faune européenne. I. Macrolepidoptera. II. Microlepidoptera. He recorded the localities and rarity of each species identified, and added the months in which caterpillars and adults were observed, as well as the presence of varieties and aberrant specimens. The region covered is in Central France, which is quite diverse in landscape and climate, reflected in a high number of moth species. Sand observed that 80% of all European butterflies occurred in France, and, in turn, the area covered by his work contained 80% of all French butterflies. Uncut. Front wrapper and first blank torn. Otherwise a very good, unmarked copy. Horn-Schenkling II(4), p. 13.