Émile Deyrolle (1838–1917) was a French naturalist and natural history dealer in

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. The business was originally owned by his naturalist grandfather,

Jean-Baptiste Deyrolle During the 20th century, Deyrolle was a Parisian institution for natural sciences and pedagogy. It is one of the best known companies of entomology and taxidermy of Paris. Today, Deyrolle is a shop and a cabinet of curiosities open to the public ...

who opened his shop in 1831 at 23, Rue de la Monnaie. Émile’s father

Achille Deyrolle Achille Deyrolle (2 October 1813 in Lille – 31 December 1865) was a French entomologist mainly interested in Coleoptera. Born in Lille Deyrolle eventually settled in Brussels where he worked with his father in the City Museum. He went on a scien ...

ran the business for many years. Émile took over in 1866. The address from 1881 (and now) was (and is) 46, Rue du Bac, the former home of Jacques Samuel Bernhart. Deyrolle specialized in natural history publications and specimens

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, botanical specimens, shells,

, microscopic specimens and

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Deyrolle, 46 Rue du Bac, 75007 Paris 2013

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Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot Jacques Marie Frangile Bigot (1818–1893) was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Bigot was born in Paris, France, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne. H ...

1868 ''Guide de l'amateur d'insectes : comprenant les généralités sur leur division en ordres, l'indication des utensiles et les meilleurs procédés pour leur faire la chasse, les époques et les conditions'' Société entomologique de France.Edition: 3e éd., rev., cor. et augm. Paris :chez Deyroll
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Addenda includes price lists of equipment and books supplied by Deyrolles et fils *Émile Deyrolle (c.1892) ''Oiseaux: avec 132 figures dans le texte et 27 planches en couleur.'' (Birds: with 132 figures and 27 plates in color) En Histoire Naturelle de la France. 3d Partie. Paris: par Deyrolle, É., Naturalist
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with Paul Groult ''Le Naturaliste journal des échanges et des nouvelles''.Paris :Bureaux à Paris,1879–1910.
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