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HARRIS, Moses (1730-c.1788). The Aurelian: or, Natural History of English Insects; namely, Moths and Butterflies. London: J. Robson, 1778. 2° (457 x 276mm). English and French titles, and text in English and French in double-coloumn. English title with engraved vignette, frontispiece, hand-coloured engraved diagrammatic key-plate and 44 plates numbered I-XLIV, by and after Harris, PLATE I INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: 'Colour'd by me Mr. Harris Sept. 1778', indicating that the plates were coloured by the author throughout. (Occasional very light spotting and offsetting, a few short marginal tears.) 19th-century half morocco, t.e.g. (extremities rubbed).
Second edition, second issue. A fresh, tall copy of the Aurelian by Harris, 'ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING AUTHORS OF ENTOMOLOGICAL LITERATURE DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY' (Lisney). Harris drew from live specimens and his plates are amongst the most beautiful of their kind, showing dorsal and ventral views of all the subjects, together with various stages of development (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis), each with their preferred food. First published in 1766, the Aurelian went through many editions. This has led to a complex bibliography, and, as Lisney notes, it 'frequently occur[s] as made-up copies'. In this copy, Plate I is without the dedication, plate II is not mounted and appears on matching length paper, and the text and plates are on undated Whatman laid paper. BM(NH) II, p.788; Lisney 232; Nissen ZBI 1835.
Second edition, second issue. A fresh, tall copy of the Aurelian by Harris, 'ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING AUTHORS OF ENTOMOLOGICAL LITERATURE DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY' (Lisney). Harris drew from live specimens and his plates are amongst the most beautiful of their kind, showing dorsal and ventral views of all the subjects, together with various stages of development (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis), each with their preferred food. First published in 1766, the Aurelian went through many editions. This has led to a complex bibliography, and, as Lisney notes, it 'frequently occur[s] as made-up copies'. In this copy, Plate I is without the dedication, plate II is not mounted and appears on matching length paper, and the text and plates are on undated Whatman laid paper. BM(NH) II, p.788; Lisney 232; Nissen ZBI 1835.
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