A natural history of English insects. : Illustrated with a hundred copper plates, curiously engraven from the life: and exactly coloured / by the author Eleazar Albin, painter. ; To which are added, large notes, and many curious observations. By W. Derham, ...
Eleazar Albin (fl.1713 - 1759)
Category
Books
Date
1735
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3082248
Summary
Bibliographic description
[106] leaves, [2], 26,[2] p., 100 leaves of plates ; 4to. Provenance: manuscript letter recording the gift of this book, dated at Bakeham House, Surrey, Dec. 17th 1945 from 'Henry' to Huttleston [i.e.: from Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973) to Urban Huttleston Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)] loosely inserted. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate large variant, signed Badeley 1930: Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Broughton (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half blue morocco; pale blue cloth over boards; sewn onto four recessed cords with five false bands; gilt fillets on spine; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Natural history of English insects. Albin and Derham. 1735'; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Eleazar Albin (fl.1713 - 1759), author William Derham, FRS (1657-1735), author Eleazar Albin (fl.1713 - 1759), artist