Description

text in French and English, title in French and within a handsome hand-coloured engraved floral and entomological border, hand-coloured engraved key plate and 44 fine floral and entomological plates, foot of title with 2 chips, plate 6 with lower margin cut away, lightly browned, some soiling and foxing throughout, a few plates with areas of smudging to colours, occasional staining, contemporary dark green straight-grain morocco, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners worn, rubbed and marked, g.e., [Nissen ZBI 1835; Lisney 234], folio, for J.Edwards, 1794.

***Lisney considers Harris to be 'one of the most outstanding authors of entomological literature during the 18th century'..