An Introduction to the

Natural History and Classification of

Insects

in a Series of Familiar Letters

with Illustrative Engravings

by

Priscilla Wakefield

(1816)

This is a Rare Book from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Library.  The title says it. 

PLEASE NOTE THE PAGE IMAGES ARE VERY HIGH RESOLUTION (600 DPI, RGB)

YOU CAN REALLY ZOOM IN FOR DETAIL DOWN TO THE FIBER IN THE PAPER

(the pages average about 12 megabytes JPEG compressed and 30 megabytes as raw color images)

THIS ALSO EXPLAINS THE SLIGHT DELAYS IN SEEING THE PAGES

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Click Here to Skip to the Engravings

Click HERE to see an Engraving with the zoom manually set high (rs=7 in the URL; you have to manually set the zoom once you pass the the built-in limit of 5 in the graphical user interface).