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From: "Jeff Edmunds" <jhe2@psulias.psu.edu>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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> From Jeff Edmunds <jhe2@psulias.psu.edu>:
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> These questions passed along from an arts librarian:
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> Is anyone aware of a folk art tradition that involves the use of actual
> butterfly wings in creating images?
>
> Would any French Nabokovians be aware of any popular works on butterfly
> hunting and collecting published in France ca. 1947-1957? I have turned up
> a few titles but am curious to know if there are any "standard" works from
> that period.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Jeff Edmunds
>
From: "Jeff Edmunds" <jhe2@psulias.psu.edu>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (16
lines) ------------------
> From Jeff Edmunds <jhe2@psulias.psu.edu>:
>
> These questions passed along from an arts librarian:
>
> Is anyone aware of a folk art tradition that involves the use of actual
> butterfly wings in creating images?
>
> Would any French Nabokovians be aware of any popular works on butterfly
> hunting and collecting published in France ca. 1947-1957? I have turned up
> a few titles but am curious to know if there are any "standard" works from
> that period.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Jeff Edmunds
>