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.
Eleazar Albin (fl.1713 - 1759)
Category
Books
Date
1720
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3052568
Summary
Bibliographic description
[106] leaves, C leaves of plates . col. ill.. . 4to.. All plates hand-coloured. Subscriber's copy: "The Right Honourable the Earl of Warrington" in list of subscribers. Not identified in 1768 catalogue.. Provenance: Bookplate: Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772) pre-1736; armorial lozenge. Franks 3064.. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf binding; gilt roll pattern border; gilt chain roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with red title and author labels.
Makers and roles
Eleazar Albin (fl.1713 - 1759)