Shelfmark
Bl.4.12
Author
Title
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; together with some that are of importance in medicine, domestic economy, &c. the figures are accurately drawn, engraved, and coloured, from specimens of the insects; the descriptions are arranged according to the system of Linnæus; with references to the writings of Fabricius, and other systematic authors. By E. Donovan, author of the Natural History of British Insects, &c.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for the author, by T. Bensley; and sold by White, Fleet-Street; Faulder, Bond-Street; Bell, Oxford-Street,, 1798.
Physical description
[98]p plates : ill. ; 4to.
Note
Reissued in 1805 with an additional titlepage as part 1 of General illustration of entomology.
Note
Some of the plates are dated 1799.
Note
With 50 engraved, hand-coloured plates with tissue guards.
Citation/references note
ESTC T102037
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 8083, no.02).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 2007.
Binding
18th-century half red morocco; marbled paper covered boards; gold lettered spine.
Subject
Insects Pictorial works.
Subject
Insects China.
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White, Benjamin, fl. 1785 - 1798 bookseller.
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England London.
Identifier
B18538