Auguste Sallé was a French

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 travel

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ler and entomologist
who specialised in Coleoptera.

Following expeditions to the Southern States

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 of the USA , West India

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, Central America

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 (especially Mexico

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 ) and Venezuela

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 on behalf of Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat

Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat

Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat was a French entomologist, born 29 March 1799 at Paris and died16 December 1884 in the same city.In government service in Paris, this amateur entomologist studied, mainly, Coleoptera and birds...

) and accompanied by his mother and a M. Vasselet, Sallé returned to Paris to set up as a natural history and insect dealer.The business thrived and he sold specimens to many very wealthy amateur entomologists Edmond Jean-Baptiste Fleutiaux

Edmond Jean-Baptiste Fleutiaux

Edmond Jean Baptiste Fleutiaux was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.Fleutiaux worked on the beetle fauna of Southeast Asia , particularly French Indochina and Africa....

 , Henri Boileau

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 , Neervoort Jacob R. H. van de Poll , René Oberthür

René Oberthür

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 , Antoine Henri Grouvelle

Antoine Henri Grouvelle

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 , Grivard , and André Theryas well as to other Paris dealerships of Henri Donckier de Donceel

Henri Donckier de Donceel

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 , Achille Deyrolle

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 and Émile Deyrolle

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Émile Deyrolle was a French naturalist and natural history dealer.in Paris.The business was originally owned by his naturalist grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Deyrolle who opened his shop in 1831 at 23, Rue de la Monnaie. Émile’s father Achille Deyrolle ran the business for many years. Émile took over...

  .These specimens together with his private collection are in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

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. Insects sold to Frederick DuCane Godman

Frederick DuCane Godman

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 and Osbert Salvin

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 are in the Natural History Museum

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, London

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He was a member of the Société entomologique de France

Société entomologique de France

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 and the Entomological Society of London