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ALBIN (ELEAZAR) A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, FIRST EDITION, for the Author, 1720
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ALBIN (ELEAZAR)
A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from Life: And (for those who desire it) Exactly Coloured by the Author, FIRST EDITION, 100 hand-coloured engraved plates after drawings by the author, each with accompanying text leaf by W. Derham, list of subscribers, plates 3 and 4 trimmed just touching text and laid down, toning and light spotting throughout, some offsetting, occasional pencil annotations, some pages creased, near contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards, upper cover near detached, worn [ESTC T85973; Nissen ZBI 58; Freeman 45; Lisney 119], 4to, for the Author, 1720
Footnotes
"Each plate is dedicated to a subscriber or well-known personality, undoubtedly those who acted as patrons or took an interest in Albin's drawings of insects" (Lisney).