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Title Adult, caterpillar, and pupa of the death's head hawk moth from Moses Harris's The Aurelian, or, Natural history of English insects

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

Date 1776

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 XXXVII.

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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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