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Vincentii Petagnae ... Specimen insectorum ulterioris Calabriae

Petagna, Vincenzo, 1730-1810 · 1820 · Lipsiae : Apud I. Sommer · 2 pictures

Specimen insectorum ulterioris Calabriae is an 1820 entomological work by Vincenzo Petagna, published in Leipzig by I. Sommer, cataloguing insects of the Calabria region for naturalists. The first plate is a hand-coloured page of beetles, moths and bugs drawn in neat numbered rows, useful for scientific-style layouts, while the second is a rococo scroll-and-foliage tailpiece in woodcut, offering a decorative ornament for borders and headers.

Insects Type specimens Italy Calabria · Entomology Italy Calabria · Insects

Internet Archive · U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library