Thomas Martyn | The English entomologist, 1792

Thomas Martyn

The English entomologist, exhibiting all the coleopterous insects found in England... Accurately drawn and painted after nature, arranged and named according to the Linnean system. London: published by the author at his Academy for Illustrating and Printing, 1792

FIRST EDITION, 4to (340 x 274 mm.), engraved title, 2 engraved numismatic plates, 42 stipple-engraved plates, ALL FINELY COLOURED BY HAND TO RESEMBLE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS, contemporary tree calf gilt, spine gilt with entomological motifs, gilt edges, rebacked retaining original spine

LITERATURE:

Nissen ZBI 2725

PROVENANCE:

Joseph Neeld (1789-1856), Grittleton House, Wiltshire, engraved armorial bookplate