The English entomologist exhibiting all the coleopterous insects found in England ... / drawn and painted after nature. Arranged and named according to the Linnean system by Thomas Martyn.

  • Martyn, Thomas, 1735-1825.
Date:
1792
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The English entomologist exhibiting all the coleopterous insects found in England ... / drawn and painted after nature. Arranged and named according to the Linnean system by Thomas Martyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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