Title
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
Title Variants
Alternative:
Curtis's British entomology
By
Curtis, John, 1791-1862
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, Printed for the author, 1823-1840
Edition
[First edition.]
Notes
Issued in 16 v., 1824-39.
Spine title on volumes in the library of the Guy's Hospital Physical Society:
Contents: I-II. Coleoptera.--III. Dermaptera. Dictyoptera. Orthoptera. Strepsiptera. Hymenoptera, pt. I.--IV. Hymenoptera, pt. II. Neuroptera. Trichoptera.-- V-VI. Lepidoptera.--VII. Homoptera. Hemiptera. Aphaniptera.--VIII. Diptera. Omaloptera.
Contents: Vol.I-II. Coleoptera -- Vol.III. Dermaptera. Dictyoptera. Orthoptera. Strepsiptera. Hymenoptera, pt. I -- Vol.IV. Hymenoptera, pt. II. Neuroptera. Trichoptera -- Vol.V-VI. Lepidoptera -- Vol.VII. Homoptera. Hemiptera. Aphaniptera -- Vol.VIII. Diptera. Omaloptera
Edition statement based on description in: Blackwelder, Richard E. "The dates and editions of Curtis' British entomology." Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 107, number 5 (June 1947)
Subjects
1800-1899
,
19th century
,
Botany
,
Great Britain
,
Insects
,
Pictorial works
Call Number
QL466 .C98
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/t.171559
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/06012606
OCLC:
3801615
OCLC:
946605579
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