Sciences Nat was the
academic publisher specialising in
entomology of the Societé Sciences Nat. The society was established in 1971 and based in the rue de la Mare in Paris. Three years later it moved to the rue des Alouettes and later to
Venette
Venette () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. The town is located along the river Oise, near Compiègne.
Population
Its inhabitants are called Venettiens. There are about 2800 inhabitants (2012).
See also
* Communes of the ...
near
Compiègne
Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''.
Administration
Compiègne is the seat of two cantons:
* Compiègne-1 (with 19 ...
. The company was directed first by Roger Ehrman and then by Jacques Rigout.
In 1981 the publication of ''
The Beetles of the World'' started, a series of 30 volumes devoted to the
Coleoptera. The 24 first were published by Sciences Nat, the later ones by
Hillside Books, Canterbury Hillside Books, Canterbury was a publisher specialising in books on entomology and small equipment associated with this science.
Origin
It was established in 1989, directed by Lydie Leforestier.
Initially it was in Canterbury, England but then ...
.
Sciences Nat also published several entomological monographs, mainly in English, such as:
* ''The Parnassiinae of the World'', Jean-Claude Weiss. The first 2 parts published by Sciences Nat, the parts 3 and 4 by Hillside Books, Canterbury, the 5th part by Goecke & Evers, Germany.
* ''The genus ''Morpho, Patrick Blandin. The first 2 parts published by Sciences Nat, the remaining by Hillside Books, Canterbury.
* Heliconius'' and related genera'',
Helmuth and Ruth Holzinger.
* ''The genus ''Agrias, Paul Barselou
* ''The genus ''Perisama, Stéphane Attal and Alain Crosson du Cormier
Between 1972 and 1995, Sciences Nat also published the journal ''
Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat'', in which a history of Sciences Nat was given in a 1992 interview with Rigout.
Nyckaulles, R., 1992, Interview d'un P.-D.-G
'' Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat'', 75-76, Venette
Between 1982 and 1988 Sciences Nat published three volumes of the journal ''Miscellanea Entomologica
''Miscellanea Entomologica'' was a French entomological scientific journal. It was originally published by Eugène Barthe and established in 1892.
Beginning
The first issue of ''Miscellanea Entomologica'' was published in a larger format (24 ...
''.
References
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Publishing companies of France
Publishing companies established in 1971
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1971 establishments in France