Sphinx Moths Original Engraving by Dru Drury, 1837 Dogs personages and buildings

personages and buildings

A highly important and rare original copper-engraved map of Virginia

The map is based on original manuscript maps provided to His Excellency the late Chevalier Pinto

designed to illustrate the geography of the heavens

It features the official Commonwealth seal affixed in the lower left corner

Sphinx Moths Original Engraving by Dru Drury, 1837 Dogs personages and buildingsOriginal entomology engraving is from Dru Drury s "Illustrations of exotic Entomology, containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties. A new edition . by J. O. Westwood." The work was printed in London by H. G. Bohn in 1837. Dimensions: 10. 5 x 8"