Archives de l'histoire des insectes
Archives de l'histoire des insectes is an 1794 natural history work by Johann Caspar Füssli, published by J. Ziegler, presumably in Zürich, for naturalists and collectors of insects. Its hand-coloured plates show moths, caterpillars, pupae and beetles, lettered with reference marks and set on plain paper, with some plates labelled in faded handwriting. A designer might draw on their precise botanical-style layouts, the lettered specimen keys, and the warm ochre and blue-green palette of the insect studies.
