The Insects of China
By Edward Donovan, 1768-1837
Edward Donovan (1768-1837), an Anglo-Irish naturalist and illustrator who later founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History, published An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China in 1798: 50 hand-coloured engravings of butterflies, moths, lantern flies and other insects.
Donovan chose species that had not been illustrated before and set them against plants and flowers. It is the first of his three books on the insects of China, India and New Holland.
- Published
- 1798
- Sheet
- 12 × 14¼ in, original size
- Original in
- Teylers Museum, Haarlem
- In our collection
- 23 prints
All 23 prints
23 prints
Hemiptera Gryllus morbillosus
$165
Hemiptera Fulgora – Candelaria
$165
Lepidoptera Pailio Paris
$165
Lepidoptera Papilio Crino
$165
Lepidoptera Papilio Telamon – Papilio Agamemnon
$165
Hemiptera Gryllus morbillosus
$165
Lepidoptera Papilio Menelaus or Papilio Rhetenor
$165
Lepidoptera Papilio Vesta
$165
Lepidoptera Papilio Glaucippe – Papilio Sesia
$165
Lepidoptera Papilio Jairus
$165
Lepidoptera Papilio Bernardus
$165
Lepidoptera – Papilio Oenone
$165
Lepidoptera, Sphinx Nechus, Sphinx Polymena
$165
Lepidoptera Papilio Oenone
$165
Lepidoptera – Phalæna Bubo
$165
Lepidoptera – Papilio Pyranthe – Papilio Philia
$165
Lepidoptera – Papilio Epius – Papilio Demoleus
$165
Lepidoptera – Papilio Coon – Papilio Agenor
$165
Lepidoptera – Papilio Peranthus
$165
Lepidoptera – Papilio Erymanthus
$165
Lepidoptera – Phalæna militaris – Phalæna lextrix
$165
Lepidoptera – Papilio Jacintha
$165
Lepidoptera Papilio Gambrisius
$165
The complete set
The Insects of China is also available as a complete set: every plate we hold, as a facsimile at the original size, with a title page, a contents page and a certificate, in a Solander box.
Limited to 50 sets. Price on request.