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Yorkshire, England/New York, New York: S.R. Publishers Limited/Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good/fine hard cover edition. Reprint of 1783 Edition. Clean. Tight binding. Green cloth with gilt titled front cover and spine. 112, 64 pages. From Early Children's Books. A series of facsimile editions.
A SHORT HISTORY OF INSECTS, (Extracted from Works of Credit) Designed as an Introduction to The Study of That Branch of Natural History, And as a Pocket Companion to Those Who Visit The Leverian Museum by [Fenn, Lady Ellenor) - 1797
by [Fenn, Lady Ellenor)
A SHORT HISTORY OF INSECTS, (Extracted from Works of Credit) Designed as an Introduction to The Study of That Branch of Natural History, And as a Pocket Companion to Those Who Visit The Leverian Museum
by [Fenn, Lady Ellenor)
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Norwich: Stevenson and Matchett, 1797. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. No date but 1797. pp. xxiv, 107, [1]. Half-title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 7 hand-coloured plates by G. Quinton of which 3 folding, engraved armorial bookplate (cut out in outline) of William Lewis to the front free end paper (said to be Bewick). Contemporary binding of half pollished calf over marbked boards, black title label to spine, good and strong, front joint repaired, some rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, bibliographic notes in pencil to the front paste-down. A very good copy. Scarce. [Hagen 231.1; Lisney 412; Nissen ZBI 1342]..
- Bookseller Loe Books (GB)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Stevenson and Matchett
- Place of Publication Norwich
- Date Published 1797
- Size 12mo
- Size 12mo