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DONOVAN (EDWARD) An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China, 1798; History of the Insects of India, 1800; Harris. English Insects, 1782, finely bound
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DONOVAN (EDWARD)
An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China: Comprising Figures and Descriptions of Upwards of One Hundred New, Singular, and Beautiful Species, FIRST EDITION, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates, 1798[-1799]; An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India, and the Islands in the Indian Seas, FIRST EDITION, 58 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few light spots to opening plate, 1800[-1804], with errata slips, T. Bensley, for the Author--HARRIS (MOSES) An Exposition of English Insects, second edition, engraved title in English, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, hand-coloured engraved "colour scheme" plate, and 50 hand-coloured plates of insects, one uncoloured engraved key plate, occasional light spotting, neat repair to old tear to plate 8, White and Robson, 1782, tissue guards, uniform contemporary dark blue straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with elaborately tooled gilt borders and corner-pieces, spines gilt in compartments, and with the Bradshaw crest (stag with antlers caught in bush), g.e., gilt dentelles and pink paper endpapers, 2 with bookseller ticket of C. Smith, Milsom St., Bath [Nissen ZBI 1143, 1144, 1838], 4to (3)
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FINE UNIFORMLY BOUND COPIES of Donovan's beautifully illustrated works on the entomology of China and India, together with Moses Harris' classic study on English insects.
Provenance: Bradshaw family of Lancashire, crest.