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British entomology : being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland : containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found / By John Curtis
Bib ID 2342834
Format BookBook
Author
Curtis, John, 1791-1862
 
Description London : printed for the author, and sold by E. Ellis; Simpkin and Marshall; and J. B. Bailliere, 1823-40 
16 v. : 770 col. plates ; 24 cm. 
Full contents Partial contents. v.1-2. Coleoptera. - v.3. Dermaptera, Dictyoptera. Orthoptera. Strepsiptera. Hymenoptera, pt. 1. - v.4. Hymenoptera, pt. 2. Neuroptera. Trichoptera. v.5-6. Lepidoptera. - v.7. Homoptera. Hemiptera. Aphaniptera. - v.8. Diptera. Omaloptera. 
Notes

From the collection of Elwood C. Zimmerman.

Imprint varies; vols 9-16, London: printed for the author and sold by John Cumberland; T. Hurst; Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper; Simpkin and Marshall; J. Booth; Gossling and Egley; G. B. Sowerby; J. B. Bailliere and J. Rodwell. 1832-39.

Subjects Botany -- Pictorial works.  |  Insects -- Pictorial works.  |  Insects -- Great Britain.

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