AUTHOR: Albin, Eleazar (fl. 1713-1759) TITLE: 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... IMPRINT: London: printed for W. Innys, 1749. COLLATION: 30 x 24 cm. 4º: A-N4 O2 pp. [108], c col. plates NOTES: Unpaged. Imperfect: lacks notes and observations by W. Derham. Hand- colored engravings. “One of the most beautiful early English works on insects. The colouring of the plates is soft and delicate and each plate is dedicated to a subscriber or well-known personality. Eleasar Albin was a well-known artist who published some of the finest early English natural history books.” — Antiquariaat Junk catalogue no. 270 REFERENCES: Lisney 123. PROVENANCE: Amos Binney. Boston Society of Natural History. KEYWORDS: 1. Insects. 2. Lepidoptera--Great Britain. I. Derham, William (1657-1735) LOCATION: fQL466.A3 1749