An exposition of English insects : with curious observations and remarks, wherein each insect is particularly described; its parts and properties considered; the different sexes distinguished, and the natural history faithfully related : the whole illustrated with copper plates
Moses Harris's 1776 London natural history of English insects, printed for the author and sold by Robson and Dilly, addresses collectors and naturalists with plates of named specimens. Its engraved copper plates show moths and beetles in flat, labelled profile, with lettered anatomical diagrams of wings, heads and legs that a designer could borrow for botanical or scientific layouts.
