THE GENERA INSECTORUM OF LINNAEUS: Exemplified by Various Specimens of English Insects Drawn from Nature by James Barbut
by Barbut, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Jacques Dixwell and John Sewell, 1781. (6), xvii, (3), 371, (20) pages. Complete with 20 hand-colored plates and 2 foldout black & white anatomical plates. Parallel text in both French and English. Both the printed French title page and the engraved English title page are present. All engravings were engraved by James Newton, from drawings by Barbut. James Barbut was an English artist and naturalist, who was an admirer of the work of Carl Linnaeus. The Natural History Museum, London holds 126 of the watercolors by Barbut that he painted for this book. The book is in about very good condition: the color engravings are clean and bright, with some minimal offsetting limited to the one folding plate; text pages are clean and supple, with minimal foxing, the spine leather is stripped, and boards are supported by the binding cords.. First Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good. Illus. by James Barbut and James Newton. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2666
- Title
- THE GENERA INSECTORUM OF LINNAEUS: Exemplified by Various Specimens of English Insects Drawn from Nature by James Barbut
- Author
- Barbut, James
- Illustrator
- James Barbut and James Newton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jacques Dixwell and John Sewell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1781
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Illustrated Books;
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