Historia insectorum generalis : cum figuris et indicibus necessariis
Historia insectorum generalis is a 1685 natural history of insects, published in Leiden by Jordan Luchtmans and based on the work of Jan Swammerdam, a Dutch naturalist, with figures for scholars and collectors. Its plates are engraved and labelled with letters, showing insects in close detail: a moth-like form rendered in dense hatching against a black ground, a large-headed winged insect in top view, caterpillar-like larvae in side and cross views, and a robber-fly-like insect in profile, with the hatching and clear outlines useful for designers working on scientific or vintage linework.
