An exposition of English insects : including the several classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or bees, flies, & Libellulae : exhibiting on 51 copper plates near 500 figures, accurately drawn & highly finished in colours, from nature : the whole minutely described, arranged & named, according to the Linnean system, with remarks : the figures of a great number of moths not in the Aurelian collection : formerly published by the same author and a plate with an explanation of colours, are likewise given in the work

Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788, author, illustrator · 1782 · London : Sold by Mr. White, bookseller, in Fleet Street, & Mr. Robson, in New Bond Street · 8 pictures

An Exposition of English Insects is a 1782 London book by the engraver Moses Harris, sold by White and Robson, describing and naming British bees, flies and dragonflies by the Linnean system for natural history collectors. Its hand-coloured copper plates show insects drawn singly or in grids, with wing details and magnified parts, offering a designer clear, systematic specimen layouts with strong outlines and tinted bodies.

Insects · Insects -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800 · Insects -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800 · Insects -- Color

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