An exposition of English insects [electronic resource] : Including the several classes of neuroptera, & hymenoptera, & diptera, or bees, flies, & libellula. Exihibiting on 51 copper plates near 500 figures accurately drawn & highly finished in colours, from nature The whole minutely described, arranged, & named according to the linnean-system with remarks. The figures of a great number of moths, not in the aurelian collection formerly published by the same author, and a date with an explanation of colours, are likewise given in the work. By Moses Harris.
1776
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An exposition of English insects [electronic resource] : Including the several classes of neuroptera, & hymenoptera, & diptera, or bees, flies, & libellula. Exihibiting on 51 copper plates near 500 figures accurately drawn & highly finished in colours, from nature The whole minutely described, arranged, & named according to the linnean-system with remarks. The figures of a great number of moths, not in the aurelian collection formerly published by the same author, and a date with an explanation of colours, are likewise given in the work. By Moses Harris.
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Harris, Moses, 1731?-1785?.
Publication Details
London : Sold by Mr. White, bookseller, in Fleet-street, & Mr. Robson, in New Bond street, MDCCLXXVI. [1776]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[8],166p.,plates ; 4⁰.
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Parallel English and French texts printed in two columns.
With an additional engraved titlepage, dated 1782.
These text sheets were reissued in 1781; the 1782 edition is reset.
Some copies have p.v. misnumbered as iv.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
With an additional engraved titlepage, dated 1782.
These text sheets were reissued in 1781; the 1782 edition is reset.
Some copies have p.v. misnumbered as iv.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T101471.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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