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Hübner, Jacob · 1786 · 29 pictures

Hübner's 1786 volume of hand-coloured copperplate moth plates, held by Heidelberg University Library, was compiled as a systematic lepidopteran catalogue for naturalists and collectors. Its pictures show moths printed with lettered callouts, rendered in careful brown, ochre and grey washes, offering a designer clean study of wing patterning, eyespots and banded markings.

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