An epitome of the natural history of the insects of China : comprising figures and descriptions of u...
An epitome of the natural history of the insects of China : comprising figures and descriptions of upwards of one hundred new, singular, and beautiful species, together with some that are of importance in medicine, domestic economy, &c. : the figures are accurately drawn, engraved, and coloured, from specimens of the insects : the descriptions are arranged according to the system of Linnæus, with references to the writings of Fabricius, and other systematic authors / by E. Donovan, author of The natural history of insects, &c.
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1798]
London : Printed for the author, by T. Bensley, and sold by White, Fleet-Street, Faulder, Bond-Street, Bell, Oxford-Street, &c., 1798.
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1 online resource (99 unnumbered pages, 50 unnumbered leaves of plates) : color illustrations.
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computer
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online resource
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1798]
London : Printed for the author, by T. Bensley, and sold by White, Fleet-Street, Faulder, Bond-Street, Bell, Oxford-Street, &c., 1798.
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[1798]
1798.
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An epitome of the natural history of the insects of China : comprising figures and descriptions of upwards of one hundred new, singular, and beautiful species, together with some that are of importance in medicine, domestic economy, &c. : the figures are accurately drawn, engraved, and coloured, from specimens of the insects : the descriptions are...
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Part II
The plates are hand-colored and some of them are dated 1799.
Reproduction of the original from the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
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74VKVEaXKXjA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVEaXKXjA
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991024131229002626
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Gale Cengage Learning, Nineteenth Century Collections Online
