HARRIS, Moses (1731-1785). An Exposition of English Insects, including the several Classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, or Bees, Flies and Libellulae. London: White and Robson, 1782.
4o (316 x 252 mm). Text in English and French in double columns. Engraved frontispiece and 51 engraved plates, all (but one) colored in a contemporary hand, depicting over 500 individual figures. (Some scattered light spotting, portion of margin of U1 torn away, with tape repair affecting text.) Modern half calf, uncut.
Second edition. Harris was the "first to draw attention to the importance of wing neuration in the classification of lepidoptera and upon this principle he arranged the species in his published works, illustrating them in color to a high degree of accuracy" (Lisney 242). Nissen ZBI 190.
HARRIS, Moses (1731-1785). An Exposition of English Insects, including the several Classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, or Bees, Flies and Libellulae. London: White and Robson, 1782.
4o (316 x 252 mm). Text in English and French in double columns. Engraved frontispiece and 51 engraved plates, all (but one) colored in a contemporary hand, depicting over 500 individual figures. (Some scattered light spotting, portion of margin of U1 torn away, with tape repair affecting text.) Modern half calf, uncut.
Second edition. Harris was the "first to draw attention to the importance of wing neuration in the classification of lepidoptera and upon this principle he arranged the species in his published works, illustrating them in color to a high degree of accuracy" (Lisney 242). Nissen ZBI 190.
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