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.

  • Curtis, John, 1791-1862.
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1823-40
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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. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for the author, 1823-40.

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8 volumes, color plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Issued in 16 v., 1824-39
Spine title on volumes in the library of the Guy's Hospital Physical Society:

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Vol.I-II. Coleoptera -- Vol.III. Dermaptera. Dictyoptera. Orthoptera. Strepsiptera. Hymenoptera, pt. I -- Vol.IV. Hymenoptera, pt. II. Neuroptera. Trichoptera -- Vol.V-VI. Lepidoptera -- Vol.VII. Homoptera. Hemiptera. Aphaniptera -- Vol.VIII. Diptera. Omaloptera

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