A Natural History Of Spiders, And Other Curious Insects; Illustrated with Fifty Three Copper Plates, Engraved by the Best Hands
London: John Tilly for R. Montagu, 1736. First edition. leather_bound. 76 pages. 28.5 x 21.8 cm. Hand colored engraved frontispiece depicting Albin on a horse surrounded by insects and arachnids. 53 hand colored plates by Smith, Basire and others. The hand colored plates are stunning, particularly that of the Flea..... More