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Lot description
Hand colored plates including 2 Hemiptera, 2 Aptera and 1 Coleoptera. Donovan was a traveller and amateur naturalist. Born in Cork, Ireland, Donovan was the founder of the London Museum and Institute of Natural History, which contained his extensive natural history collection. These beautifully engraved and hand coloured engravings are from his Natural History of British Insects. His best known works are "An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China" (1798) and "An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India" (1800). View on AspireAuctions.com"