Saturnid moth, Copiopteryx semiramis 1, luna moth, Actias luna 2, Arcas imperialis, dorsal 3, ventral 4, and grey comma, Polygonia progne 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. 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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