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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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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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4837 x 5934 px | 82.1 MB

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41.0 x 50.2 cm | 16.1 x 19.8 in (300 dpi)

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ANTHERAEA PAPHIA • BILDERBUCH FUR KINDER • CATERPILLAR • CATERPILLARS • COPPERPLATE • EDUCATIONAL • ENCYCLOPEDIA • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUMORPHA LABRUSCAE • FRIEDRICH JOHANN BERTUCH • GAUDY SPHINX • GERMAN • GERMANS • HANDCOLOURED • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • LARVA • MILLER (MOTH) • MOTH • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN • PRINT • PUBLISHER • SOUTH INDIA SMALL TUSSORE • WEIMAR