Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem
A 1630 Amsterdam print series of flying insects, engraved by Nicolaes Visscher after drawings by the painter Jacob Hoefnagel, intended as a reference for artists and naturalists. The plates are dense, evenly lit arrangements of single specimens on a pale ground, each drawn with fine hatched outlines and no background. A designer could borrow the scattered, catalogue-style layout for pattern, botanical-style spacing, or vintage natural history labelling.
