Frederick Valentine Melsheimer, parent of American entomology.
Subtitle: A republication of America's first book on entomology with a biographical sketch on its author who was a noted Lutheran clergyman and a German-American scholar of the period following the American Revolutionary War
By: [by] Robert Snetsinger.
Contributors: Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, 1749-1814.
Publisher: Entomological Society of Pennsylvania
Published: 1973
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: Melsheimer, Frederick Valentine, 1749-1814.; Insects -- Pennsylvania.; Entomology -- United States -- History.
Other titles: Melsheimer entomological series.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published in issue no. 12, Dec. 15, 1973, of the Melsheimer entomological series.
"A catalogue of insects of Pennsylvania. By Fred. Val. Melsheimer ... 1806": p. 19-84.