Albin, Eleazer "To the Right Honorable Mary Bentinck Countess Dowr. of Essex"

Eleazer Albin. "To the Right Honorable Mary Bentinck Countess Dowr. of Essex". From The Natural History of English Insects.  

London, 1714-21. Quarto. 10 ½ x 71 ½ (plate mark).  Full original hand color. Full margins. Very good condition.

Eleazar Albin was a water-colorist who specialized in natural history illustration. His drawings appeared in a number of books including A Natural History of English Insects (1720), A Natural History of Birds (1731-38) and The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects (1736). His Natural History of Birds was the first British work of ornithology to feature hand-colored plates. These are delightful examples of moths and caterpillars as represented in early eighteenth century natural history illustration.

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