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LEWIN (WILLIAM) The Insects of Great Britain, Systematically Arranged, Accurately Engraved, and Painted from Nature, with the Natural History of Each Species, vol. 1 [all published], FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, J. Johnson, 1795
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LEWIN (WILLIAM)
The Insects of Great Britain, Systematically Arranged, Accurately Engraved, and Painted from Nature, with the Natural History of Each Species, vol. 1 [all published], FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, text in English and French, 46 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, gilt-tooled spine with black morocco lettering label, joints weakening [Lisney 410], 4to, J. Johnson, 1795
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"The illustrations are exceedingly accurate and a great improvement on those in the Entomological books published earlier in the century... [and] several species are described and figured for the first time in this work" (Lisney).





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