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[WICQUEFORT, Abraham de]. Verhael in forme van journael, van de reys ende 't vertoeven van den seer doorluchtige ende machtige prins Carel de II, Koning van Groot Britannien, &c. Welcke hy in Hollandt gedaen heeft, zedert den 25 Mey, tot den 2 Junij 1660.
The Hague, Adrian Vlack, 1660. Folio. With the engraved coat-of-arms of Charles II on the title page, an engraved folding portrait of Charles II, 6 double-page engraved plates, an engraved headpiece, and two decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints, modern green closing ties. [4], "124" [=126], [6] pp. Full description

WILKES, Benjamin. One hundred and twenty copper-plates of English moths and butterflies, representing their changes into the caterpillar, chrysalis, and fly-states, and the plants, flowers, and fruits, whereon they feed. Coloured with great exactness from the subjects themselves. With a natural history of the moths and butterflies, describing the method of managing, preserving, and feeding them.
London, R. N. Rose (printed by G. Verrall, Worthing), 1824. 4to. With 120 engraved plates (mainly 27.5 x 22.5 cm) hand-coloured for the author. Mid-19th-century half gold-tooled dark green morocco. VIII, [22], 63, [5] pp. Full description