Insects and plants from Spain
Date
1705
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Unknown, Engraver
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The Royal Society, Publisher
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Two tables from issue 301 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Table 1. Entomological studies of a locust Schistocerca gregaria (1), a mantis Mantodea (2&3), a cicada pupa Cicadoidea (4), and a caterpillar Lepidoptera (5&6) observed in Spain.
Table 2. Botanical studies of various plant specimens observed in Spain (described in Latin).
Illustrations to ‘Epistola D. Joannis Philippi Breynii, M. D. & Societat. Reg. Soc. de plantis & insectis quibusdam rarioribus in Hispania observatis’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 24, issue 301 (July 1705). Original proofs of these images can be found in MS/131/84-A and MS/131/90.
Johannes Philippus Breynius (1680-1764), German physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703.
Table 1. Entomological studies of a locust Schistocerca gregaria (1), a mantis Mantodea (2&3), a cicada pupa Cicadoidea (4), and a caterpillar Lepidoptera (5&6) observed in Spain.
Table 2. Botanical studies of various plant specimens observed in Spain (described in Latin).
Illustrations to ‘Epistola D. Joannis Philippi Breynii, M. D. & Societat. Reg. Soc. de plantis & insectis quibusdam rarioribus in Hispania observatis’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 24, issue 301 (July 1705). Original proofs of these images can be found in MS/131/84-A and MS/131/90.
Johannes Philippus Breynius (1680-1764), German physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703.
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Johannes Philippus Breynius (1680 - 1764, German) , Physician
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