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PEALE, Titian (1799-1885). Manuscript journal, "Lepidoptera &c, Catalogue of Specimens in Box No 2 U.S. Expl. Exped. Specimens lost in the U.S. Ship Peacock, Col.a Rivr." 7 pages, 8vo, wrappers. PEALE. Manuscript journal signed, "Notes on Insects Generally. T. R. Peale, 1833." 8o journal, quarter-calf boards, 39 numbered leaves, text on 56 pages. [With:] PEALE. Collection of 25 autograph notes, memoranda and newspaper clippings on lepidoptera.
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PEALE, Titian (1799-1885). Manuscript journal, "Lepidoptera &c, Catalogue of Specimens in Box No 2 U.S. Expl. Exped. Specimens lost in the U.S. Ship Peacock, Col.a Rivr." 7 pages, 8vo, wrappers. PEALE. Manuscript journal signed, "Notes on Insects Generally. T. R. Peale, 1833." 8o journal, quarter-calf boards, 39 numbered leaves, text on 56 pages. [With:] PEALE. Collection of 25 autograph notes, memoranda and newspaper clippings on lepidoptera.
A RARE MANUSCRIPT RECORD FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION of lepidoptera collected--and then lost--during the famous United States Exploring Expedition ("Wilkes Expedition"), 1838-1842, a crucial episode in the history of American science and exploration. Peale, the son of Charles Wilson Peale, joined the scientific corps of the expedition as it traveled to Brazil, Antarctica, Hawaii, Fiji, and the Pacific Northwest. It was there, on the Columbia River, that the USS Peacock shipwrecked in 1842, fortunately with no loss of life, but with many scientific samples lost. Peale's meticulous catalogue is therefore a valuable supplement to the records of the expedition. He provides detailed annotation of the place of collection and the observed characteristics of the insects: "Pavonia Laertes. Caterpillars living in societies which cover the leaves of the tree on which they feed with a network of fine silk, on which...they remain during the heat of the day and feed in the mornings and evenings; they lay at such times side by side in close parallel lines and look like a highly coloured fungus for which they were taken by Mr Brackenrige [assistant botanist aboard the USS Vincennes] who brought me the first specimens that were taken near Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 1st 1838." A Pieris, or white butterfly made a dramatic appearance one day, "blown on board ship out of sight of the land, on the Pampas. Rare." In all, he lists some 18 species of butterflies, collected between September 1838 and January 1839 in Madeira, Porto Praya, and Patagonia. The earlier, 1833 journal, is an even more extensive scientific record. And though its cover and title page bear the date 1833, the entries describe his observations and collections of various species of lepidoptera throughout the U.S. and Canada, with frequent reflections and comparisons with samples he encountered in the Wilkes expedition. A rich and important scientific record. (3)
A RARE MANUSCRIPT RECORD FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION of lepidoptera collected--and then lost--during the famous United States Exploring Expedition ("Wilkes Expedition"), 1838-1842, a crucial episode in the history of American science and exploration. Peale, the son of Charles Wilson Peale, joined the scientific corps of the expedition as it traveled to Brazil, Antarctica, Hawaii, Fiji, and the Pacific Northwest. It was there, on the Columbia River, that the USS Peacock shipwrecked in 1842, fortunately with no loss of life, but with many scientific samples lost. Peale's meticulous catalogue is therefore a valuable supplement to the records of the expedition. He provides detailed annotation of the place of collection and the observed characteristics of the insects: "Pavonia Laertes. Caterpillars living in societies which cover the leaves of the tree on which they feed with a network of fine silk, on which...they remain during the heat of the day and feed in the mornings and evenings; they lay at such times side by side in close parallel lines and look like a highly coloured fungus for which they were taken by Mr Brackenrige [assistant botanist aboard the USS Vincennes] who brought me the first specimens that were taken near Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 1st 1838." A Pieris, or white butterfly made a dramatic appearance one day, "blown on board ship out of sight of the land, on the Pampas. Rare." In all, he lists some 18 species of butterflies, collected between September 1838 and January 1839 in Madeira, Porto Praya, and Patagonia. The earlier, 1833 journal, is an even more extensive scientific record. And though its cover and title page bear the date 1833, the entries describe his observations and collections of various species of lepidoptera throughout the U.S. and Canada, with frequent reflections and comparisons with samples he encountered in the Wilkes expedition. A rich and important scientific record. (3)