MOFFETT(Thomas), WOTTON (Edward), GESSNER (Conrad), PENNY (T - Lot 26

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MOFFETT(Thomas), WOTTON (Edward), GESSNER (Conrad), PENNY (T - Lot 26
MOFFETT(Thomas), WOTTON (Edward), GESSNER (Conrad), PENNY (Thomas) and MAYERNE (Théodore TURQUET de). Insectorum sive Minimorum animalium Theatrum. London, Thomas Cotes, 1634. Small in folio, first edition of the first entomology book published in England, illustrated with over 500 woodcuts in text. Bound in full later marbled calf, spine with 6 raised bands, red morocco title-piece. (binding rubbed, small leather loss at bottom of spine, soiling, missing parts and restorations to title page, a few stains and traces of wetness).
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