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Title Life cycle of a butterfly from Moses Harris's The Aurelian, or, Natural history of English insects

Agent (Role) Finnin, Denis (Copy photographer), Harris, Moses, 1731?-1785? (Author)

Date 1766

Artwork/Object Type Hand-colored engravings

Is Part Of The Aurelian or, Natural History of English Insects Namely, Moths and Butterflies

Collection/Work Relation AMNH Library, RF-37-D: Harris, Moses, Aurelian Society, and Edinburgh Public Libraries. Central Library. 1766. 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. London: Printed for the author. Plate XXXVL.

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Repository American Museum of Natural History

Publication History AMNH Library, QH45 .N273 2012: Baione, Tom, ed. 2012. Natural Histories : Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library. New York: Sterling Signature.

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