Oxford. Bodleian Library, OUM: 70 c. 124

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  • Bodleian Library OUM: 70 c. 124
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Date
  • 1770
Language
  • English
  • French
Title
  • Illustrations on natural history. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from nature, with the greatest accuracy, and under the author's own inspection, on fifty copper-plates. With a particular description of each insect : interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them. By D. Drury. To which is added a translation into French
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  • A selection of unusual, and mainly previously unrecorded insects, giving details of size, shape, pattern and colouration, with accompanying illustrations; also details of the country of origin, month of capture, aspects of behaviour, and names of donors of specimens; with an introduction on the benefits of insects
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  • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/.
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