(Band 2): Der europäischen Schmetterlinge Zweyter Theil welcher die Abendschmetterlinge von Tom. II Tab. I - Tom. II Tab. XXXVI. Cont. XI. und die Bögen (A) bis (Gg) enthält
Esper's 1779 German work on European moths, the second part covering evening moths (Abendschmetterlinge), issued by Eugen Johann Christoph Esper for natural history students and collectors, held by Heidelberg University Library. The hand-coloured copperplates show hawkmoths and their caterpillars in precise side and top views, with figure numbers marking each specimen; a designer could take their botanical-scientific layout, pale parchment ground and muted pink and brown palette.
