Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum
Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum is a 1634 London natural history of insects, compiled by physician Thomas Moffett (1553-1604) and printed by Thomas Cotes for a learned readership. Its woodcuts show moths and butterflies drawn in plain outline, with wings spread flat and bodies rendered in fine parallel hatching, giving a designer clear, reusable examples of early botanical-style scientific illustration with eyespots and wing patterns.
