DRURY (Dru): ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, London, fro the author and sold by B.White, 1770 - 1782. 3 vols., 4to (300 x 240mm.), parallel text in French and English, 1 uncoloured and 150 FINE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES (occasional light offsetting, identations to titles where ownership blindstamps have been removed), contemporary half-russia (vol.I neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down, some slight scuffing to extremities). A FINE UNCUT SET INTERNALLY. The index to vol.I is bound at the end of vol.II. Nissen 1160. (3)
DRURY (Dru): ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, London, fro the author and sold by B.White, 1770 - 1782. 3 vols., 4to (300 x 240mm.), parallel text in French and English, 1 uncoloured and 150 FINE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES (occasional light offsetting, identations to titles where ownership blindstamps have been removed), contemporary half-russia (vol.I neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down, some slight scuffing to extremities). A FINE UNCUT SET INTERNALLY. The index to vol.I is bound at the end of vol.II. Nissen 1160. (3)
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