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  • L'atropo testa di morto : Acherontia atropos / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • La sfinge del ligustro : Sphynx ligustri / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.
  • A cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Endromis e Catocala : Endromis versicolor e catocala sponsa / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.
  • A large paeony (Paeonia species) surrounded by various flowers and moths. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • Various insects and flowers illustrating a frontispiece. Engraving by C. H. Hemerich.
  • Two moths, one a swallow-tail and one possibly a marvel-du-jour (Agriopis species). Stipple engraving with etching.
  • Le Zigene e il Trochillo : Zygaena lonicerae e Trochilium / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.
  • A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A leopard facing left surrounded by various named flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1662, after himself.
  • Dicranura vinula / CCompagnia Italiana Liebig.
  • An anatomist meditates on the corpse of a beautiful young woman, laid out on a table next to his desk. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. C. von Max, 1869.
  • A meadow rue plant (Thalictrum flavum) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • La piccola pavonia notturna : Saturnia pavonia / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.
  • A lily (Lilium persicum): flowering stem with butterfly, moth and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A bee, five butterflies (including a pale clouded yellow), six moths and two crane flies with details of antennae. Coloured etching, ca. 1834.
  • Le Zigene e il Trochillo : Zygaena lonicerae e Trochilium / Compagnia Italiana Liebig.
  • A pine tree shoot (Pinus species) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A variety of insects including beetles, moths, wasps and flies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.
  • A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • Three moths, one possibly a wood tiger (Nemeophila plantaginis). Stipple engraving with etching.
  • Common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) with an associated moth, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A lion surrounded by flowers and insects. Etching by J. Dunstall, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A thistle (Carduus arvensis) with an associated moth and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) scales.
  • A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A sugar cane borer moth: adult, pupa, anatomical segments and pupa in sugar cane. Etching by W. Raddon after the Revd. L. Guilding.
  • Spurge laurel plant (Daphne laureola) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.