(Band 4,2,1): Der europäischen Schmetterlinge Vierten Theils zweiter Band erster Abschnitt welcher die Eulenphalenen von Tom. IV. Tab. CXXVI. Noct. 47. - Tom. IV. Tab. CLXXVIII. Noct. 99. und Die Bogen Bbb bis Uuuu enthält
Esper's 1786 German natural history volume on European moths, one part of his series of Schmetterlinge plates, held by Heidelberg University Library and aimed at entomologists and naturalists. The hand-coloured plates pair each moth with its caterpillar, food plant, and chrysalis, drawn with precise outlines and soft shading. A designer might draw on their clean botanical layout, the tidy grid of labelled figures, and the muted earthy palette of browns, greens and cream.
