The English moths and butterflies: together with the plants, flowers, and fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found - All drawn and coloured in such a manner, as to represent their several beautiful appearances, being copied exactly from the subjects themselves, and painted on the best atlas paper. : Together with an attempt towards a natural history of the said moths and butterflies. : This work consists of one hundred and twenty copper plates, with a particular account of the flies represented in the said plates, setting forth the true times of their appearance in the caterpillar, chrysalis, and fly state; the most ready means of finding them; the method of managing and preserving them; their ways of feeding; the several plants they feed on; and, in a word, every thing yet known relating to their natural history. : Together with the names of the plants, flowers, fruits, &c
- Författare
- Benjamin Wilkes
- Språk
- Engelska
Förlag | År | Ort | Om boken | ISBN |
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1747-1749 | Storbritannien, London; Printed for, and sold by Benjamin Wilkes, the proprietor, in Fleetstreet | [24], 68 sidor., [120] pl.-bl. |