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European garden spider, diadem spider, Araneus diadematus. Black variety 1, red variety hanging from a silk line 2,3, front of head showing eyes and mandibles 4, silk spinnerets with fibres, and silk tubes 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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European garden spider, diadem spider, Araneus diadematus. Black variety 1, red variety hanging from a silk line 2,3, front of head showing eyes and mandibles 4, silk spinnerets with fibres, and silk tubes 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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4846 x 5986 px | 83.0 MB

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41.0 x 50.7 cm | 16.2 x 20.0 in (300 dpi)

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ANATOMY: HEAD • ARANEUS DIADEMATUS • BILDERBUCH FUR KINDER • BLACK PERSON • BLACK RACE • BLACK • COBWEB • COPPERPLATE • CROSS • DIADEM • EDUCATIONAL • ENCYCLOPEDIA • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUROPEAN GARDEN SPIDER • EYE • EYEBALLS • EYES • FIBRES • FRIEDRICH JOHANN BERTUCH • GERMAN • GERMANS • HANDCOLOURED • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • ILLUSTRATION • MANDIBLES • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • NEGRA • PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN • PRINT • PUBLISHER • RED (COLOUR) • RED • SILK LINE • SILK TUBES • SPIDER'S WEB • SPIDER • SPINNERETS • TIARA • WEB • WEIMAR