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Lot 78
Harris (Moses) The Aurelian, 1778 [plates watermarked 1814].
Hammer Price: £2,800
Description
Harris (Moses) The Aurelian, second edition, English title with engraved vignette, French title, text in English and French in double column, engraved frontispiece, key plate and 44 plates all hand-coloured, plate 2 with short repaired tear along plate-mark, some offsetting and occasional spotting, later half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Nissen ZBI, 1835], folio, Printed for the Author 1766 and, with Great Additions, for J. Robson, 1778 [plates watermarked 1814].
⁂ A very good copy of what Robert Mays, in his 1986 edition of The Aurelian, says is "without doubt unsurpassed in the literature of British entomology."
Description
Harris (Moses) The Aurelian, second edition, English title with engraved vignette, French title, text in English and French in double column, engraved frontispiece, key plate and 44 plates all hand-coloured, plate 2 with short repaired tear along plate-mark, some offsetting and occasional spotting, later half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Nissen ZBI, 1835], folio, Printed for the Author 1766 and, with Great Additions, for J. Robson, 1778 [plates watermarked 1814].
⁂ A very good copy of what Robert Mays, in his 1986 edition of The Aurelian, says is "without doubt unsurpassed in the literature of British entomology."
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