British entomology being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found /

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J. Wilson Potter · Royal Institution of Great Britain

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To enable those who are ignorant of the nature of such undertakings, to form some conception of their risk and magnitude, it may be here stated, that the colouring alone of the Plates has already cost upwards of £3000.

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Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Plant and animal studies Fossil Insects in Amber

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DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.104468

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British entomology being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found /

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