Zoologist specializing the study of insects (and often other arthropods)

An entomologist at work; represented by a composite man made up of insects. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley, 1830, after G. Spratt.

Buyers collecting their purchases after a sale of insects. Photogravure by Hanfstaengl after E. Armitage.

A young man visiting a surgeon-apothecary in his workroom, where the proprietor shows him one of his prize natural history specimens. Etching by J. Leech.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0006756: Portrait of Raphael Meldola (1849-1915)

xii, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Nabokov's blues : the scientific odyssey of a literary genius / Kurt Johnson, Steve Coates.

148 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Dr. José H. Pazos y Caballero : (gran entomólogo Cubano) 1867-1928 / Manuel Arnau Macías.

M0014820: Portrait of Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683-1757)

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M0006756: Portrait of Raphael Meldola (1849-1915)

Nabokov's blues : the scientific odyssey of a literary genius / Kurt Johnson, Steve Coates.

Dr. José H. Pazos y Caballero : (gran entomólogo Cubano) 1867-1928 / Manuel Arnau Macías.

A young man visiting a surgeon-apothecary in his workroom, where the proprietor shows him one of his prize natural history specimens. Etching by J. Leech.

M0014820: Portrait of Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683-1757)