Albin, Eleazar, A Natural History of Birds, Illustrated, 173...

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Albin, Eleazar, A Natural History of Birds, Illustrated, 1731/38, first edition, volumes one and three, William Innys, London, colour illustrated plates, paper cover boards, leather spines (2). Note: Eleazar Albin (fl.1690-c.1742), was an English Naturalist and watercolorist illustrator. Along with 'A Natural History of Birds' he published works titled 'A Natural History of English Insects (1720) and 'A Natural History of Spiders and Other Curious Insects (1736), He is regarded as one of the great entomological book illustrators of the 18th Century. 'A Natural History of Birds boasts coloured illustrations by Albin and his daughter Elizabeth

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