An antique engraved copper plate from Dobson encyclopedia 1798 edition. Guaranteed original.

MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS :  INSECTS eggs WASP Soldier Fly sphex magnified LARVA moth

Figures
32, 33 eggs of the phalaena neustria
34 vertical section of the above eggs
35 horizontal section of the middle of the egg
36 larva of the musca chameleon
37 larva
38 larva as it appears under microscope
39 described by Linnaeus under name Leucopsis dorfigera - cross between sphex and wasp
40 above insect magnified
41 above insect side view

S. Allardice Sc.

Plate measures approximately 8 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches.
Plate is printed on one side only, and perfect for framing.
The foxing only adds to the authenticity of the pieces.
An ideal gift for the scientific instrument collector, dealer, or historian.  Will be shipped rolled.

Disbound (removed from bound volume) and therefore with ragged left edge.
Please see photos for condition and some content. Please note that the watermark does not appear in the actual item.

From wikipedia:
Dobson's Encyclopædia was the first encyclopedia issued in the newly independent United States of America, published by Thomas Dobson from 1789–1798. Encyclopædia was the full title of the work, with Dobson's name at the bottom of the title page.

The encyclopedia was a reprint of the contemporary third edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (published 1788–1797), although Dobson's Encyclopædia was a somewhat longer work in which a few articles were edited for a patriotic American audience. The

8term Britannica was dropped from the title, the dedication to King George III was replaced with a dedication to the readers, and sundry facts about American history, geography and peoples were added. Reproduction of printed pages was not then possible; the entire work was re-set in type, allowing changes to be made throughout. However, the work is largely a reprint of Britannica. The plates were re-engraved from the originals as accurately as possible, but some were changed.

Thomas Dobson (1751 near Edinburgh, Scotland – 1823 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a master printer most famous for having published the earliest American version of the Encyclopædia Britannica, and the first in the United States to publish a complete Hebrew Bible.

The lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria) is common across southern Britain and central Europe. Malacosoma species are notable for their caterpillars which are brightly coloured and form silken tents to regulate their temperature. Malacosoma neustria caterpillars are brown with blue, orange and white stripes. The adults are a fairly uniform brown. The larvae feed mainly on trees and shrubs from within their tents.

Stratiomys chamaeleon, the clubbed general, is a European species of soldier fly.

Wasps of the genus Sphex (commonly known as digger wasps) are cosmopolitan predators that sting and paralyze prey insects. Sphex is one of many genera in the old digger wasp family Sphecidae (sensu lato), though most apart from the Spaciness have now been moved to the family Crabronidae.[1] There are over 130 known Sphex species.

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