The Aurelian: : or, natural history of English insects; namely, moths and butterflies. Together with the plants on which they feed; a faithful account of their respective changes; their usual haunts when in the winged state; and their standard names, as given and established by the worthy and ingenious Society of Aurelians. Drawn, engraved and coloured, from the natural subjects themselves. /
Harris, Moses,1731?-1785?.
Aurelian Society,associated name.
Edinburgh (Scotland).Public Library.Central Library,former owner.NLS.
London: : Printed for the author.,
1766.. [i.e. ca. 1773]
Text is continuous despite pagination.
Plate XVII is dedicated "To Lady Carysfort"; plate XXXV is dedicated to "Mr. Thos. Greenough".
The last plate is XLIV.
With a final index leaf.
The second issue of the first edition; although it is dated 1766 on the title page, plates XLIII and XLIV (not in the first issue) are in fact dated 1772 and 1773 respectively.
Lisney, A. British lepidoptera,
ESTC
Provenance: formerly belonging to Edinburgh Central Library.
Butterflies
Moths