The History of insects
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: John W. Moore & Company
Published: 1832
Place of publication: Concord
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Insects; Juvenile literature; Natural history; Miniature books; Specimens; Chapbooks
Notes: Poem about insects by Anna Letitia Barbauld appears on title page verso.

First sentence: "Insects are so called from a separation in the middle of their bodies, seemingly cut into two parts, and joined together by a small ligature, as we see in wasps and common flies."

Includes 8 woodcuts.

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
Table of contents: title: Flea; title: Grasshopper; title: Dragon-fly; title: Scorpion; title: Honey-bee; title: Elephant-beetle; title: Butterfly.