Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum. The Butterflies and Moths

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2nd edition. Thomas Moufet's (or Moffet's) Insectorum Theatrum, or the Theatre of Insects (1634), was the first book on insects published in Britain. This book is the result of a study of the original manuscript and provides a translation and facsimile of the section on butterflies and moths, together with detailed identification of the species. This edition in extended to include a section on the early stages of Lepidoptera