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The philosophical puppet-show, or, Snip's inauguration to the President's Chair : addressed to Sir J[oseph] B[anks], barōnetos, a celebrated conoisseur in chickweed, caterpillars, black beetles, butterflies and cockle-shells / By Simon Snip [pseud].
Snip, Simon, pseud.Date: [1785?]- Books
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The aurelian: or, natural history of English insects; namely, moths and butterflies. Together with the plants on which they feed; A faithful Account of their respective Changes; their usual Haunts when in the winged State; and their standard names, as given and established by the worthy and ingenious Society of Aurelians. Drawn, engraved and coloured, from the natural subjects themselves. By Moses Harris, Secretary to the Aurelian Society.
Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788.Date: 1766- Books
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The insect book : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies / by Leland O. Howard.
Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950.Date: 1901- Pictures
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A large butterfly. Stipple engraving with etching.
Reference: 42751i- Books
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Insect variety : its propagation and distribution. Treating of the odours, dances, colours, and music in all grasshoppers, Cicadae, and moths; beetles, leaf-insects, bees, and butterflies; bugs, flies, and Ephemerae; and exhibiting the bearing of the science of entomology on geology / by A.H. Swinton.
Swinton, A. H. (Archibald Henry)Date: [1880]- Books
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The Aurelian: or, natural history of English insects; namely, moths and butterflies. Together with the plants on which they feed; ... and their standard names, as given and established by the ... Society of Aurelians. Drawn, engraved and coloured, from the natural subjects themselves. By Moses Harris, ...
Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788.Date: 1778- Pictures
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A butterfly. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 42731i- Digital Images
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Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio)
Macroscopic Solutions- Digital Images
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Butterfly wing scales
Lauren Holden- Digital Images
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Scales from butterfly wing
David Gregory & Debbie Marshall- Ephemera
Pear's soap : [butterfly].
Pears (A. & F.) Limited.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Books
Exotische Schmetterlinge / von O. Staudinger und E. Schatz.
Staudinger, Otto, 1830-1900.Date: 1888-1892- Books
A synonymic catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera / by William F. Kirby.
Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell), 1844-1912.Date: 1871- Pictures
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A young woman flying in the air with a butterfly on her head, surrounded by three crouching figures by her feet. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828.Date: [1796/1798]Reference: 37007i- Books
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A catalogue of the curious collection of paintings of plants; shells, fossils, butterflies, &c. Of that eminent Artist and Botanist, Mr. George Dennis Ehret, Deceased; Which (by Order of the Executors) Will be sold by Auction, By Mr. Langford and Son, At their House in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, On Wednesday the 24th of this Instant April 1771, and the Three following Days. The same may be viewed on Monday the 22d, and till the Time of Sale, which will begin each Day punctually at Twelve O'Clock.
Mr. Langford and Son.Date: 1771]- Books
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The aurelian: or, natural history of English insects; namely, moths and butterflies. Together with the plants on which they feed; A faithful Account of their respective Changes; their usual Haunts when in the winged State; and their standard names, as given and established by the worthy and ingenious Society of Aurelians. Drawn, engraved and coloured, from the natural subjects themselves. By Moses Harris, Secretary to the Aurelian Society.
Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788.Date: 1766 [1773]- Books
The life of the caterpillar / by J. Henri Fabre ; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.
Fabre, Jean-Henri, 1823-1915.Date: [1912], ©1912- Pictures
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Two moths, one a swallow-tail and one possibly a marvel-du-jour (Agriopis species). Stipple engraving with etching.
Reference: 42749i- Pictures
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Sir Joseph Banks chasing the butterfly called the Emperor of Morocco. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, 1788.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1788Reference: 767i- Books
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The gentleman's miscellany, in verse and prose. Serious, jocose, satyrical, humorous, and diverting. Containing, I. Orpheus, a poem. II. On a lady shifting herself. III. Mr. Prior's epitaph. IV. The answer. V. Dorinda, in imitation of Ovid's corinnc̆oncubitus. VI. Advice to the Hon. Lady -with the character of a religious gamester. VII. The king and the cobler, a tale. VIII. The spectre. A tale. IX. Thoughts on the way to preferment. X. On behaviour in conversation. XI. An epitaph on Mary Hart, who died by taking physick from a quack doctor. XII. Another on a tomb-stone at Edmonton, Latin and English. XIII. Another. XIV. Another on a young woman who died the day she was marry'd. XV. Another. XVI. Another, Latin and English. XVII. Another on Jeremy Strong. XVIII. Another. XIX. Another on Jack Ketch, who was executed at Tyburn. XX. The blacksmith's recreation, or triumphant maid. XXI. An epitaph on Miss N- J-gs. XXII. The wish of the Honourable Miss M-n. XXIII. Answer'd by T.H-, 2d son to the E. of B-. XXIV. A riddle, on a pudding sent to some ladies at Bath, in a Hare's Belly. XXV. On col. L-'s lady. Occasion'd by her wearing a rose in her bosom at Christmas. XXVI. The members to their sovereign. XXVII. Curious maid. A tale. XXVIII. Epilogue, intended to have been spoken by a person introducing an ass on the stage. By Sir Butterfly Maggot, kt.
Maggot, Butterfly, Sir.Date: 1730- Books
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The gentleman's miscellany: in verse and prose. Serious, jocose, satyrical, humorous, and diverting. Containing, I. Orpheus, a Poem. II. On a Lady shifting herself. III. Mr. Prior's Epitaph. IV. The Answer. V. Dorinda, in Imitation of Ovid's Corinnae Concubitus. VI. Advice to the Hon. Lady Mary -. With the Character of a Religious Gamster. Vii. The King and the Cobler, a Tale. Viii. The Spectre. A Tale. IX. Thoughts on the Way to Preferment. X. On Behaviour in Conversation. XI. An Epitaph on Mary Hart, who died by taking Physick from a Quack Doctor. XII. Another on a Tomb-Stone at Edmouton, Latin and English. XIII. On a young Woman who died the Day she was marry'd. XIV. Another. XV. Another. XVI. Another. XVII. Another on Jeremy Strong. XVIII. Another, Latin and Engl. XIX. Another, on Jack Ketch, who was executed at Tyburn. XX. The Blacksmith's Recreation, or Triumphant Maid. XXI. An Epitaph on Miss N-J-gs. XXII. The Wish of the Hon. Miss M-n. XXIII. Answer'd by T. H-, 2d Son to the E. of B-. XXIV. A Riddle, on a Pudding sent to some Ladies at Bath, in a Hare's Belly. XXV. On Col. L-'s Lady. Occasion'd by her wearing a Rose in her Bosom at Christimas. XXVI. The Members to their Sovereign. XXVII. Curious Maid. A Tale. XXVIII. Epilogue, intended to have been spoken by a Person introducing an Ass on the Stage. XXIX. Shocky and Towzer. XXX. The Answer to the Question, What is Woman? XXXI. The Reply. XXXII. The Rejoinder. XXXIII. A Replication to the Rejoinder. XXXIV. Stanhope's Petition to the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield, and to the Rt. Hon. the Lord Harrington. XXXV. The Thirty Marks of a Fine Woman. Dedicated to the Most Fallibly Fallible Pope Alexander, or Alexander Pope. By Sir Butterfly Maggot, Kt.
Maggot, Butterfly, Sir.Date: 1730- Books
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Studies in the theory of descent / by Dr. August Weismann...with notes and additions by the author; tr. and ed., with notes, by Raphael Meldola...with a prefatory notice by Charles Darwin...with eight coloured plates.
Weismann, August, 1834-1914.Date: 1882- Pictures
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A lapwing, an owl and a goldfinch set in natural surroundings. Etching by A. Collaert, 17th century.
Collaert, Adriaen, -1618.Reference: 42136i- Pictures
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Advertisement for 'St Jacobs oil'. Process print, 1890.
Date: 1890Reference: 16203i- Books
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The papilios of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature, with the natural history of each species, ... The figures engraved from the subjects themselves, by the author, W. Lewin, ... and painted under his immediate direction.
Lewin, William, -1795.Date: 1795