Lot 408
Moffett, Thomas
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
£1,125
Description
Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum... London: Thomas Cotes for G. Hope, 1634. Folio, woodcut title, woodcuts in text, 4pp. of woodcuts of insects at end, library stamp to title, contemporary calf, hinges splitting, lower board loose, last two leaves loose, foxing
Footnote
Note: ESTC 17993a, Haskell F. Norman Library 1998, lot 133.
An early edition of the first entomological book published in England. Moffett completed the work in 1589, however, due to difficulties at the publishers it was not produced until 1634 [three issues were produced in this year].