Biodiversity Heritage Library

This collection contains 28 volumes from 16 titles, containing 8370 pages.

1. Illustrations of natural history. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera ... With a particular description of each insect: interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them

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   By: Drury, Dru,
   Publication info: London, Printed for the author and sold by B. White, 1770-1782
   Volume: v.2 (1773)
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
2. Aanhangsel van het werk, De uitlandsche kapellen : voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America

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   By: Cramer, Pieter, - Stoll, Caspar. - Cramer, Pieter, - Lambertz, Gerrit Wartenaar, - Stoll, Caspar. - Schoonhoven, Joannes van.
   Publication info: A Amsteldam, Chez Barthelmy Wild, 1779-1782 [i.e. 1775-1782]
   Volume: d.2 (1779)
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
3. Iacobi Christiani Schaefferi s.s. theologiae et philosophiae doctoris ... Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum coloribus naturam referentibus expressae ... = Natürlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insecten

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   By: Schäffer, Jacob Christian - Bock, H., - Bock, Johann Carl, - Fischer, H., - Fridrich, J. M., - Fridrich, Johann Gottlieb, - Kellner, Joseph, - Küffner, Paul - Maag, Johann Nepomuk, - Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz, - Rolffsen, F. N. - St. Loibel, I., - Trautner, G. P. (Gustav Philipp) - Tyroff, Martin,
   Publication info: Ratisbonae Typis Breitfeldianis MDCCLXXIX [1766-1779]
   Volume: v.2 (1779)
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
4. Iacobi Christiani Schaefferi s.s. theologiae et philosophiae doctoris ... Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum coloribus naturam referentibus expressae ... = Natürlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insecten

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   By: Schäffer, Jacob Christian - Bock, H., - Bock, Johann Carl, - Fischer, H., - Fridrich, J. M., - Fridrich, Johann Gottlieb, - Kellner, Joseph, - Küffner, Paul - Maag, Johann Nepomuk, - Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz, - Rolffsen, F. N. - St. Loibel, I., - Trautner, G. P. (Gustav Philipp) - Tyroff, Martin,
   Publication info: Ratisbonae Typis Breitfeldianis MDCCLXXIX [1766-1779]
   Volume: v.3 (1779)
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
5. Papillons d'Europe, peints d'après nature

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   By: Ernst, J. J. - Carangeot, Arnould, - Delaguette, Pierre-Méri, - Devillers, Charles, - Engramelle, Joseph. - Ernst, J. J. - Fossier, - Gerardin, - Hochecker, Maria Eleonora, - Juillet, Jacques, - Kraul, Car. Fran., - Müller, C. F. - Ranson, Pierre, - Ransonnette, Pierre Nicolas, - Roger, Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran, - Staignand, - Swebach de Fontaine, Jacques François Joseph, - Zell, Johann Michael, - Bazan & Poignant, - Bellu (Firm) - Veuve Delaguette (Firm),
   Publication info: A Paris, Chez P.M. Delaguette, imprimeur-libraire, 1779-1792 [i.e. 1793]
   Volume: Atlas:t.1
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World | Women in Natural History
6. Papillons d'Europe, peints d'après nature

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   By: Ernst, J. J. - Carangeot, Arnould, - Delaguette, Pierre-Méri, - Devillers, Charles, - Engramelle, Joseph. - Ernst, J. J. - Fossier, - Gerardin, - Hochecker, Maria Eleonora, - Juillet, Jacques, - Kraul, Car. Fran., - Müller, C. F. - Ranson, Pierre, - Ransonnette, Pierre Nicolas, - Roger, Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran, - Staignand, - Swebach de Fontaine, Jacques François Joseph, - Zell, Johann Michael, - Bazan & Poignant, - Bellu (Firm) - Veuve Delaguette (Firm),
   Publication info: A Paris, Chez P.M. Delaguette, imprimeur-libraire, 1779-1792 [i.e. 1793]
   Volume: Atlas:t.2
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World | Women in Natural History
7. An exposition of English insects : including the several classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or bees, flies, & Libellulae : exhibiting on 51 copper plates near 500 figures, accurately drawn & highly finished in colours, from nature : the whole minutely described, arranged & named, according to the Linnean system, with remarks : the figures of a great number of moths not in the Aurelian collection : formerly published by the same author and a plate with an explanation of colours, are likewise given in the work

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   By: Harris, Moses, - Harris, Moses, - White, Benjamin, - Robson, James,
   Publication info: London, Sold by Mr. White, bookseller, in Fleet Street, & Mr. Robson, in New Bond Street, MDCCLXXXII [1782]
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
8. Illustrations of natural history. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera ... With a particular description of each insect: interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them

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   By: Drury, Dru,
   Publication info: London, Printed for the author and sold by B. White, 1770-1782
   Volume: v.3 (1782)
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
9. Favnae insectorvm Germanicae initia, oder, Deutschlands Insecten

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   By: Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz, - Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (Gottlieb August Wilhelm), - Sturm, Jakob,
   Publication info: Nürnberg, In den Felseckerschen Buchhandlung, 1796-1813
   Volume: Heft 13-18
   Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
   BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
10. Abbildungen zu Karl Illiger's Uebersetzung von Olivier's Entomologie, oder, Naturgeschichte der Insecten : mit ihren Gattungs- und Artmerkmalen ihrer Beschreibung und Synonymie Käfer

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    By: Sturm, Jakob, - Illiger, Johann Karl Wilhelm, - Olivier, G. A. (Guillaume Antoine),
    Publication info: Nürnberg, Gedruckt auf Kosten des Herausgebers, 1802-1803
    Volume: [Plates]
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
11. J.E. Voet. M Doct. Catalogus systematicus coleopterorum = Catalogue sÿstematique des coleopteres = Systematische naamlyst van dat geslacht van insecten dat men torren noemt

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    By: Voet, Johannes Eusebius, - Bakhuysen, G.
    Publication info: À la Haye, Chez G. Bakhusen, [1804]-1806
    Volume: t.2
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
12. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific oceans : including the figures and descriptions of one hundred and fifty-three species of the more splendid, beautiful, and interesting insects, hitherto discovered in those countries, and which for the most part have not appeared in the works of any preceding author. The figures are correctly delineated from specimens of the insects; and with the descriptions are arranged according to the Linnæan system, with reference to the writings of Fabricius and other entomologists

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    By: Donovan, E. (Edward), - Bensley, Thomas,
    Publication info: London, Printed for the author, and F.C. and J. Rivington, sold also by White, Faulder, Hatchard, and Symonds, 1805
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
13. Entomologie, ou, Histoire naturelle des insectes : avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur enluminée Coléoptères

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    By: Olivier, G. A. (Guillaume Antoine), - Reinold, Johann Lebrecht, - Meunier, Fernand Anatole, - Audebert, J. B. (Jean Baptiste),
    Publication info: A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Baudoin, 1789-1808
    Volume: t.7 (1808) [Atlas 1]
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
14. Entomologie, ou, Histoire naturelle des insectes : avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur enluminée Coléoptères

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    By: Olivier, G. A. (Guillaume Antoine), - Reinold, Johann Lebrecht, - Meunier, Fernand Anatole, - Audebert, J. B. (Jean Baptiste),
    Publication info: A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Baudoin, 1789-1808
    Volume: t.8 (1808) [Atlas 2]
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
15. 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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    By: Curtis, John,
    Edition: [Second edition]
    Publication info: London, Printed for the author, 1823-1840 [i.e. 1829-1840]
    Volume: v.1 (1829-1840)
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
16. 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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    By: Curtis, John,
    Edition: [Second edition]
    Publication info: London, Printed for the author, 1823-1840 [i.e. 1829-1840]
    Volume: v.2 (1829-1840)
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
17. 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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    By: Curtis, John,
    Edition: [Second edition]
    Publication info: London, Printed for the author, 1823-1840 [i.e. 1829-1840]
    Volume: v.3 (1829-1840)
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
18. 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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    By: Curtis, John,
    Edition: [Second edition]
    Publication info: London, Printed for the author, 1823-1840 [i.e. 1829-1840]
    Volume: v.4 (1829-1840)
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
19. Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

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    By: Esper, Eugen Johann Christoph, - Charpentier, Toussaint von, - Tyroff, H. I., - Walwert, Georg Christoph, - Volckart, Johann Friedrich, - Walbert, L. S., - Sturm, Jakob, - Bock, Johann Carl,
    Edition: [2. Aufl.].
    Publication info: Leipzig, T.O. Weigel, [1829-1839]
    Volume: v.2 [Plates]
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World | Rarest of the Rare
20. Lepidopterorum Brasiliae species novae iconibus illustratae

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    By: Kollar, Vincenz, - Zehner, Jos., - Fahrmbacher,
    Publication info: [Vienna?], s.n, mense Januario 1839
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
21. British libellulinae, or, Dragon flies : illustrated in a series of lithograph drawings, with a brief description of the insects, times of appearance, &c

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    By: Evans, W. F.
    Publication info: London, Printed by J.C. Bridgewater, 1845
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
22. On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidae of the Malayan region. Read March 17, 1864

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    By: Wallace, Alfred Russel,
    Publication info: London, 1865
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
23. Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology

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    By: Godman, Frederick Du Cane, - Horman-Fisher, Maud - Knight, H., - Salvin, Osbert, - Saunders, G. S., - Schlereth, M. v., Freih., - Sharp, M. A., - Wilson, Edwin, - Wulp, F. M. van der, (Frederick Maurits) - Bale & Danielsson, - Bannwarth, Th., - Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, - Hanhart, - Mintern Bros., - Purkiss, W., lithographer. - Taylor & Francis.
    Publication info: [London, Published for the editors by R. H. Porter], 1879-1915
    Volume: v.3. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Rhopalocerav. Plates.
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
24. Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology

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    By: Godman, Frederick Du Cane, - Horman-Fisher, Maud - Knight, H., - Salvin, Osbert, - Saunders, G. S., - Schlereth, M. v., Freih., - Sharp, M. A., - Wilson, Edwin, - Wulp, F. M. van der, (Frederick Maurits) - Bale & Danielsson, - Bannwarth, Th., - Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, - Hanhart, - Mintern Bros., - Purkiss, W., lithographer. - Taylor & Francis.
    Publication info: [London, Published for the editors by R. H. Porter], 1879-1915
    Volume: v.1 Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Homoptera. Cicadidæ, Fulgoridæ by W.L. Distant. Supplement to th
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
25. Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology

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    By: Godman, Frederick Du Cane, - Horman-Fisher, Maud - Knight, H., - Salvin, Osbert, - Saunders, G. S., - Schlereth, M. v., Freih., - Sharp, M. A., - Wilson, Edwin, - Wulp, F. M. van der, (Frederick Maurits) - Bale & Danielsson, - Bannwarth, Th., - Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, - Hanhart, - Mintern Bros., - Purkiss, W., lithographer. - Taylor & Francis.
    Publication info: [London, Published for the editors by R. H. Porter], 1879-1915
    Volume: Insecta. Coleoptera. v. 6. pt. 2. Phytophaga: Hispidae, Cassididae and appendix by J.S. Balyand G.C.
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
26. Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology

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    By: Godman, Frederick Du Cane, - Horman-Fisher, Maud - Knight, H., - Salvin, Osbert, - Saunders, G. S., - Schlereth, M. v., Freih., - Sharp, M. A., - Wilson, Edwin, - Wulp, F. M. van der, (Frederick Maurits) - Bale & Danielsson, - Bannwarth, Th., - Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, - Hanhart, - Mintern Bros., - Purkiss, W., lithographer. - Taylor & Francis.
    Publication info: [London, Published for the editors by R. H. Porter], 1879-1915
    Volume: Insecta. Coleoptera. v. 6. pt. 1. Supplement. Phytophaga (cont.) by Martin Jacoby (1880-1892).
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
27. Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology

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    By: Godman, Frederick Du Cane, - Horman-Fisher, Maud - Knight, H., - Salvin, Osbert, - Saunders, G. S., - Schlereth, M. v., Freih., - Sharp, M. A., - Wilson, Edwin, - Wulp, F. M. van der, (Frederick Maurits) - Bale & Danielsson, - Bannwarth, Th., - Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, - Hanhart, - Mintern Bros., - Purkiss, W., lithographer. - Taylor & Francis.
    Publication info: [London, Published for the editors by R. H. Porter], 1879-1915
    Volume: Insecta. Diptera. v. 2 (1888-1903) by Frederick Maurits van der Wulp.
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World
28. Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology

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    By: Godman, Frederick Du Cane, - Horman-Fisher, Maud - Knight, H., - Salvin, Osbert, - Saunders, G. S., - Schlereth, M. v., Freih., - Sharp, M. A., - Wilson, Edwin, - Wulp, F. M. van der, (Frederick Maurits) - Bale & Danielsson, - Bannwarth, Th., - Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, - Hanhart, - Mintern Bros., - Purkiss, W., lithographer. - Taylor & Francis.
    Publication info: [London, Published for the editors by R. H. Porter], 1879-1915
    Volume: Insecta. Orthoptera. v. 1. (1893-1899). Orthoptera by Dr. Henri de Saussure. The Forficulidæ by Coun
    Holding Institution: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
    BHL Collections: Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World