South India small tussore moth, Antheraea paphia 1 and caterpillar a, and gaudy sphinx, Eumorpha labruscae 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Caption: South India small tussore moth, Antheraea paphia 1 and caterpillar a, and gaudy sphinx, Eumorpha labruscae 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Print size: 41.0 × 50.2 cm | 1904.3 × 2336.2 in (300 dpi)

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