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A natural history of spiders. And other curious insects / illustrated with fifty three copper plates, engraved by the best hands, by Eleazar Albin.
Albin, Eleazar, active 1713-1759.Date: 1736
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Assemblée publique de la Societé royale des sciences : tenuë dans la sale de l'hôtel-de-ville de Montpellier, le cinquiéme Decembre mil Sept cens neuf.
Société royale des sciences (Montpellier, France)Date: M.DCC.X
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The life of the spider / by J. Henri Fabre ; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.
Fabre, Jean-Henri, 1823-1915.Date: [1912], ©1912
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Dissertation sur l'utilité de la soye des araignées, en latin et en françois : à laquelle l'on a joint l'analyse chimique de cette soye, avec quelques autres piéces. Qui ont été faites à ce sujet / par Mr. Bon.
Bon, François Xavier, 1678-1761.Date: 1748
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A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1674]Reference: 24373i
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White-jointed spider: two specimens and anatomical parts. Coloured engraving, ca. 1789, after S. Storie.
Storie, S., active 1780.Date: 29 Dec. 1789Reference: 42417i
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British spiders : their haunts and habits / by Theodore H. Savory.
Savory, Theodore H. (Theodore Horace), 1896-1980.Date: 1926
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A louse, flea, scorpion and spider, all with magnified specimens. Engraving.
Reference: 42340i
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Putti perform an anatomical dissection on a dog; others hold a jar containing a human foetus; two more play with a spider; representing anatomy and natural history. Etching by B. Picart, 1729.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1729Reference: 25666i
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A spider's web with a spider and other insects. Gouache by G. Bonwick, 1966.
Bonwick, Gillian, active approximately 1966.Date: 17.4.66 [17 April 1966]Reference: 2913494i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Arachnida / by R.I. Pocock.
Date: 1900
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Ten spiders, showing much variation in shape and colour. Gouache painting.
Reference: 23644i
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Researches in zoology : illustrative of the structure, habits, and economy of animals / by John Blackwall.
Blackwall, John, 1790-1881.Date: 1873
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Leaf and flowers of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidum), a type of mollusc (Doris argo) and a dragon lizard (Draco volans). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 30 July 1803Reference: 25500i
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Spiderland / by R.A. Ellis; with photographs and drawings by the author.
Ellis, R. A.Date: 1912
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The distribution of insects, spiders, and mites in the air / by P.A. Glick.
Glick, P. A.Date: 1939
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Six insects and two spiders, including a cicada adult and nymph, a butterfly and two gnats. Gouache painting.
Reference: 23649i
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A microscopic animal (Aseroe rubra) and a spider, both with anatomical segments. Engraving by Sparrow, ca. 1792, after J. Piron.
Piron, Jean, active 1771-1799. Date: 1792Reference: 42710i
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Observations sur l'argyronète aquatique / par Félix Plateau.
Plateau, Félix.Date: 1867
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Notes on an unpleasant female / by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958.Date: 1963
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Spiders, ticks and mites : including the species harmful to man in Australia and New Guinea / F. H. Taylor ; R. E Murray.
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1886-1945.Date: 1946
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Spiders / by Cecil Warburton.
Warburton, Cecil, 1854-Date: 1912
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Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26694i
Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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Insects and pests ephemera. Box 1.
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A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.
Cascella, Basilio, 1860-1950.Date: [1920?]Reference: 575580i

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A natural history of spiders. And other curious insects / illustrated with fifty three copper plates, engraved by the best hands, by Eleazar Albin.

Assemblée publique de la Societé royale des sciences : tenuë dans la sale de l'hôtel-de-ville de Montpellier, le cinquiéme Decembre mil Sept cens neuf.

The life of the spider / by J. Henri Fabre ; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.

Dissertation sur l'utilité de la soye des araignées, en latin et en françois : à laquelle l'on a joint l'analyse chimique de cette soye, avec quelques autres piéces. Qui ont été faites à ce sujet / par Mr. Bon.

A camel surrounded by various named animals, flowers and insects, including a giraffe and flying dragon. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

White-jointed spider: two specimens and anatomical parts. Coloured engraving, ca. 1789, after S. Storie.

British spiders : their haunts and habits / by Theodore H. Savory.

A louse, flea, scorpion and spider, all with magnified specimens. Engraving.

Putti perform an anatomical dissection on a dog; others hold a jar containing a human foetus; two more play with a spider; representing anatomy and natural history. Etching by B. Picart, 1729.

A spider's web with a spider and other insects. Gouache by G. Bonwick, 1966.

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Arachnida / by R.I. Pocock.

Ten spiders, showing much variation in shape and colour. Gouache painting.

Researches in zoology : illustrative of the structure, habits, and economy of animals / by John Blackwall.

Leaf and flowers of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidum), a type of mollusc (Doris argo) and a dragon lizard (Draco volans). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after J. Ihle.

Spiderland / by R.A. Ellis; with photographs and drawings by the author.

The distribution of insects, spiders, and mites in the air / by P.A. Glick.

Six insects and two spiders, including a cicada adult and nymph, a butterfly and two gnats. Gouache painting.

A microscopic animal (Aseroe rubra) and a spider, both with anatomical segments. Engraving by Sparrow, ca. 1792, after J. Piron.

Observations sur l'argyronète aquatique / par Félix Plateau.

Notes on an unpleasant female / by Samuel Hopkins Adams.

Spiders, ticks and mites : including the species harmful to man in Australia and New Guinea / F. H. Taylor ; R. E Murray.

Spiders / by Cecil Warburton.

Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Insects and pests ephemera. Box 1.

A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.