The Landscapes of the Sublime 1700-1830

The Landscapes of the Sublime 1700-1830
Author: C. Duffy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2013-08-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137332182

The Landscapes of the Sublime examines the place of the 'natural sublime' in the cultural history of the eighteenth century and Romantic period. Drawing on a range of scholarship and historical sources, it offers a fresh perspective on the different species of the 'natural sublime' encountered by British and European travellers and explorers.

Illustrations of British Entomology, Or a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects

Illustrations of British Entomology, Or a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects
Author: James Francis Stephens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1846
Genre: Insects
ISBN:

This work, following an older system of classification, consists of 7 volumes of Mandibulata (insects with chewing mouthparts/mandibles), 4 volumes of Haustellata (insects with sucking mouthparts, such as the Lepidopteran haustellum), and 1 supplementary volume. The plates are colored by hand, after drawings by C.M. Curtis and John Obadiah Westwood.