ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY. Wherein are exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Forty Figures of Exotic Insects, According to their different Genera; Very few of which have hitherto been figured by any Author, Being engraved and coloured from Nature, with the greatest Accuracy, and under the Author's own Inspection. On Copper-Plates. With a particular Description of each Insect: Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections on the Nature and Properties of many of them. To which is added, a Translation into French. Three volume set.
London: Printed for the Author, and sold by B. White, at Horace's Head in Fleet-street, 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Three volume set, complete with 151 engraved plates, of which 150 are in hand color. The plates are mostly by and after Moses Harris..... More