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White witch, ghost moth, great gray witch or great owlet moth, Thysania agrippina (Phalaena agrippina), dorsal 1, ventral 2. Native to Mexico, Suriname and South America. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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White witch, ghost moth, great gray witch or great owlet moth, Thysania agrippina (Phalaena agrippina), dorsal 1, ventral 2. Native to Mexico, Suriname and South America. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Image size:
6570 x 5195 px | 97.7 MB
Print size:
55.6 x 44.0 cm | 21.9 x 17.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1815 • ADOLESCENCE • BILDERBUCH FUR KINDER • BOYS • BUG (INSECT) • CARL BERTUCH • CHILDHOOD • CHILDREN • COPPERPLATE • DORSAL • EDUCATION • ENCYCLOPEDIA • ENGRAVED PLATES • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ENTOMOLOGY • ETCHING • FRIEDRICH JOHANN BERTUCH • GHOST MOTH • GREAT GRAY WITCH • GREAT OWLET MOTH • HANDCOLOURED • ILLUSTRATED • ILLUSTRATION • INFANT • INSECT • KID • LEPIDOPTERA • LEPIDÓPTEROS • LITTLE GIRL • MEXICO • MILLER (MOTH) • MOTH • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • OFFSPRING • PHALAENA AGRIPPINA • PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN • PRINT • SOUTH AMERICA • SUDAMERICA • SURINAME • THYSANIA AGRIPPINA • VENTRAL • WEIMAR • WHITE WITCH • YOUTH • ZOOLOGY
