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EDWARD DONOVAN (1768-1837)
The Natural History of British Insects, London: For the Author, 1813-1793-1813. 16 volumes in 8, 8° (235 x 142mm.). 576 engraved plates, nearly all hand-coloured. (Occasional spotting and foxing, almost exclusively to the text leaves, a few plates loose). Later 19th-century green half morocco, spines gilt (a few spines very lightly scratched), g.e. Provenance: Christopher Turnor (bookplate); Hermann Marx (bookplate).
Volume one a third edition; the remainder FIRST EDITIONS. Brunet II, 816; Freeman 1030; Nissen ZBI 1142; Lisney 351.
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The Natural History of British Insects, London: For the Author, 1813-1793-1813. 16 volumes in 8, 8° (235 x 142mm.). 576 engraved plates, nearly all hand-coloured. (Occasional spotting and foxing, almost exclusively to the text leaves, a few plates loose). Later 19th-century green half morocco, spines gilt (a few spines very lightly scratched), g.e. Provenance: Christopher Turnor (bookplate); Hermann Marx (bookplate).
Volume one a third edition; the remainder FIRST EDITIONS. Brunet II, 816; Freeman 1030; Nissen ZBI 1142; Lisney 351.
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