Aranei, or a natural history of spiders
Subtitle: including the principal parts of the well known work on English spiders by Eleazar Albin, as also the whole of the celebrated publication on Swedish spiders by Charles Clerk
By: revised, enlarged and designed anew by Thomas Martyn, author of the Universal conchologist, English entomologist, &c., at his Academy for Illustrating and Painting Natural History, no. 10 Great Marlborough Street, London
Contributors: Albin, Eleazar, active 1713-1759; Clerck, Carl (Carl Alexander), 1710-1765; Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840, engraver; Vincent, François-André, 1746-1816, engraver; Basire, James, 1730-1802; Carwitham, J. (John); Smith, James, 1759-1828?
Publisher: T. Martyn]
Published: 1793
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Spiders; Pictorial works
Other titles: Aranei; Natural history of spiders; English spiders; Figures of English spiders
Notes: Engraved title page.

Part 2 has a special title page (engraved), only, with title: Figures of English spiders, a work originally given by Eleazar Albin, revised and designed anew by Thomas Martyn.

The first part has [6], ii, viii, [1], 70 p. and [1], 11 leaves of plates; the second part has [4], 31, [1] p. and 17 leaves of plates.

Two engraved leaves with facsimiles of medals ("aurea numismata") are bound in following the title page in part 1.

The engraved title page in part 1 is signed: Tomkins scr., Vincent scu., and the engraved title page in part 2 is signed: Vincent scr. & scu. The plates are ascribed by Nissen to J. Basire, J. Carwitham and Jas. Smith.

ESTC (online) T85942

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, I, 2724

Donald Heald Rare Books; purchase; 03/2013; $4000.00.

SCNHRB copy 39088016912446 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.

SCNHRB copy has a later red half-leather binding with marbled paper boards, a gilt-tooled spine, and top edge gilt. There is a brief handwritten pencil annotation in an unknown hand on plate 10.