Ptinus pectinicarnis antique engraving. Shaw's Natural History. c1805

by Shaw, George

Entomology antique print. Ptinus ferrugineus, P. Fur, Ptinus pectinicarnis - head, leg, wing etc.

Wonderfully detailed fine copperplate engraving for “Zoological Lectures” delivered at the Royal Institution.in London by George Shaw. This series of images was engraved by the famous natural history illustrator Mr Griffiths and his assistants, and were published c1805 - with later fine hand-colour.