Illustrations of British Entomology: A Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing their Generic and Specific Distinctions; with an account of their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, as far as Practicable. Embellished with coloured figures of the rarer and more interesting species.

Haustellata (&) Mandibulata. Published 1828 - 1830, here containing * HAUSTELLATA, Volume one, complete, 150 pp. [2] index and 12 hand-coloured plates, Published 1828. * HAUSTELLATA, Volume two, complete, 200 pp, [4] index. and 12 hand-coloured plates, Published 1829. * HAUSTELLATA, Volume three, 136 pp. 3 colour plates, Published 1829. * MANDIBULATA, Volume one, complete, 184 pp. [4] index, errata. and 9 hand-coloured plates. Publishes 1828. * MANDIBULATA, Volume two, complete, 200 pp. including index, and 6 hand-coloured plates * MANDIBULATA, Volume three, 86 pp. and 2 hand-coloured plates. Bound TOGETHER in TWO VOLUMES, Contemporary Half Calf over marbled boards.* Includes Charles Darwin, whose first appearance in print occurred in volume two. [Darwin originally trained as a medical doctor but abandoned medicine to pursue entomology]. The FINE plates were drawn after drawings by C. M. Curtis and John Obadiah Westwood. [Further volumes were published and completed 1846] Excellent.