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Convolvulus hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli, and privet hawk-moth, Sphinx lugustri, with moth, larva and pupa. 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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Convolvulus hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli, and privet hawk-moth, Sphinx lugustri, with moth, larva and pupa. 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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4797 x 5850 px | 80.3 MB

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40.6 x 49.5 cm | 16.0 x 19.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AGRIUS CONVOLVULI • BILDERBUCH FUR KINDER • BUG (INSECT) • CATERPILLAR • CATERPILLARS • CONVOLVULUS HAWK-MOTH • COPPERPLATE • EDUCATIONAL • ENCYCLOPEDIA • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FRIEDRICH JOHANN BERTUCH • GERMAN • GERMANS • HANDCOLOURED • ILLUSTRATION • INSECT • LARVA • MILLER (MOTH) • MOTH • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN • PRINT • PRIVET HAWK-MOTH • PUBLISHER • PUPA • SPHINX LUGUSTRI • WEIMAR