1770 ILLUSTRATIONS of NATURAL HISTORY of EXOTIC INSECTS by D.DRURY antique RARE

ILLUSTRATIONS of NATURAL HISTORY of EXOTIC INSECTS , wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few 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 fifty copper plates, with 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. 

by D.DRURY

London, Printed for the author; 1770


Original calf, rebacked

Illustrated.

130 pages plus 20 (of 50)  colored plates 

Book block broken, many pages are detached , 30 plates are missing

Size 9.5 by 11"

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Drury (1724-1803) is considered to be the father of British entomology; an avid collector, he obtained specimens of insects from around the world, supplied to him by ship's officers and other travellers, many of which were illustrated by Moses Harris for this comprehensive work on non-native insects

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