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Libellulae wings expanded, tab XII from Harris' Exposition of English insects
Finnin, Denis
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY, United States
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- Title: Libellulae wings expanded, tab XII from Harris' Exposition of English insects
- Creator: Finnin, Denis
- Subject: Rare books, Europe, Insects, Insects -- Pictorial works, Dragonflies
- Specimen Location: American Museum of Natural History Library Rare Book Collection
- Rights: Information on rights available at the repository
- Repository: American Museum of Natural History
- Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
- Plate of Figure Number: XII
- Original Caption: Tab XII Libellulae wings expanded
- Note: Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library, Illustration of two adult dragonflies with a nymphal dragonfly
- Medium: Hand-colored engravings
- Imprint: London : Sold by Mr. White & Mr. Robson, 1782
- Identifier: b12055384_4
- Description of Publication: p. [1]-viii, 10-166, [4], [52] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. (4to)
- Department / Discipline: Entomology
- Date of Publication: 1782
- Date: 2011
- Coverage: Great Britain, United Kingdom
- Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
- Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
- Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
- Call Number: F-5
- Book Title: Exposition of English insects :including the several classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or bees, flies, & Libellulæ : exhibiting 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 plate with an explanation of colours, are likewise given in the work
- Bibliographic Number: <a href="http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1205538" target="_blank">b12055384</a>
- Author: Harris, Moses, 1731?-1785?
- Artist: Harris, Moses, 1731?-1785?
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