Bybel der natuure
Bybel der natuure is a Dutch natural history of insects by the microscopist Jan Swammerdam, published in Leyden in 1737 for naturalists and collectors. Its plates are engraved anatomical and developmental studies, showing insect eggs, larvae, wings, and dissected organs as fine line drawings on pale paper, with labelled figures a designer could borrow for botanical or scientific motifs.
