Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten: Schmetterlinge. Plate CLXXII Pap. Praefecti almana, asterie, jatrophe
by Jablonsky, Carl Gustav; Herbst, J.F.W
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[1783-1804]. , . . . Mounted, framed and glazed. Frame size 360x385mm, Image (to plate mark) 210x168mm.. Delicately hand-coloured, engraved plate from the work, <i>Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten: Schmetterlinge</i> (1783-1804), one of the most attractively illustrated entomological works of the period. This plate includes six figures (upper and underside) of three nymphalid butterflies, including the wet and dry season forms of the peacock pansy (from southeast Asia) (<i>Junonia almana</i>), named as <i>Papilio almana</i> and <i>P. asterie</i>, and the white peacock (from southeastern United States, Central and South America) (<i>Anartia jatrophae</i>) named as <i>P. jatrophe</i>..
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- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
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- Title
- Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten: Schmetterlinge. Plate CLXXII Pap. Praefecti almana, asterie, jatrophe
- Author
- Jablonsky, Carl Gustav; Herbst, J.F.W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Date Published
- [1783-1804]
- Keywords
- Antique Print; Hand-coloured plates; Nymphalidae; Rhopalocera; Lepidoptera; PBFA
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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