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MARTYN (THOMAS) The English Entomologist, Exhibiting All the Coleopterous Insects Found In England, FIRST EDITION, [no publisher], 1792
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MARTYN (THOMAS)
The English Entomologist, Exhibiting All the Coleopterous Insects Found In England, FIRST EDITION, engraved title, 2 engraved plates of coins, 42 finely hand-coloured engraved plates of beetles, a few small wormholes in blank lower corners, contemporary tree calf gilt "bound by L. Staggemeier and Welcher, London" (ticket on front free endpaper), covers with 3-line fillet border and roll-tool inner border, rebacked preserving the original flat spine with beetle device in compartments and green morocco lettering label, g.e., some abrasions [Nissen ZBI 2725], large 4to (344 x 265mm.), [no publisher], 1792





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