Xyleutes strix moth 1 and giant sphinx moth, Cocytius antaeus 2. Le Hibou, Phalaena Noctua stryx 1, Le Medor, Sphinx medor 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. 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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