Volume 1

An introduction to entomology. Or Elements of the natural history of insects: with plates / By William Kirby ... and William Spence.

  • William Kirby
Date:
1828
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Credit: An introduction to entomology. Or Elements of the natural history of insects: with plates / By William Kirby ... and William Spence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    scientific pursuits, they wish that, whether blame or praise is the fate of their ]abours, it may be jointly awarded. All that they think necessary to state is, that the composition of each of the dif- ferent departments of the work has been, as nearly as possible, divided between them ;—that though the letter, or series of letters, on any par- ticular subject, has been usually undertaken by one, some of the facts and illustrations have ge- nerally been supplied by the other, and there are a few to which they have jointly contributed ;— and that, throughout, the facts for which no other authority is quoted, are to be considered as rest- ing upon that of one or other of the authors, but not always of him, who, from local allusions, may be conceived the writer of the letter in which they are introduced, as the matter furnished by each to the letters of the other must necessarily be given in the person of the supposed writer. In acknowledging their obligations to their friends, the first place is due to Simon WILKIN, Esq. of Costessey near Norwich, to whose libe- rality they are indebted for almost all the plates which illustrate and adorn the work; most of which have been drawn and engraved by his artist Mr. Joun Curtis, whose intimate ac- quaintance with the subject has enabled him to