A natural history of English insects. Illustrated with a hundred copper plates, curiously engraven from the life: and (for those who desire it) exactly coloured by the author Eleazar Albin, painter. To which are added, large notes, and many curious observations. By W. Derham, Fellow of the Royal Society.
Eleazar Albin (fl.1713 - 1759)
Category
Books
Date
1724
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3008468
Summary
Bibliographic description
[107] leaves,100 leaves of plates; [2], 26, [2] p. : col. ill. ; 4to. Running number: 5824. Pagination: [14], 26, [2] p.; [100] leaves, C [i.e. 100] leaves of plates. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "Γ-γ." [i.e. Gamma-gamma = Greek number 3-3]. Manuscript price in pencil on front fly-leaf: "3-3-0". Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "J Southwell" [possibly a relation of "The Honourable Edward Southwell, Esq;" listed in the list of subscribers, i.e. Edward Southwell (1671-1730)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full gold-tooled sprinkled calf; wooden boards; gilt triple fillet border; gilt roll-tooled panel, with gilt cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine; brown leather label with gilt title 'Albin's Insects' on spine. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Eleazar Albin (fl.1713 - 1759) William Derham, FRS (1657-1735), author Michael Vandergucht (Antwerp 1660 – London 1725), engraver (printmaker) James Hulett (d.1771), engraver (printmaker) H. Terasson, engraver (printmaker)