print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- Ee,2.64
- Description
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Plate [3] of fourteen illustrating Martin Lister's translation of 'Johannes Godartius of Insects, done into English and methodized, with the addition of notes. The figures etched upon copper by Mr F. Pl. York' (1682); depicts eight butterflies, moths and flies alongside their larval and pupal forms, against a blank background
Etching
- Production date
- 1682
- Dimensions
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Height: 167 millimetres
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Width: 192 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Part of a set that most probably came from the Sloane collection, Sloane having acquired Lister's library. They are presumably proofs apart from the book edition.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Johannes Godartius of Insects (Translation by Martin Lister)
- Acquisition date
- 1837 (before)
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Ee,2.64