Thomas Boreman; Lance Hidy (illus.), Moral Reflections on the Short Life of the Ephemeron, 1967

Thomas Boreman; Lance Hidy (illus.)

Moral Reflections on the Short Life of the Ephemeron, 1967

New Haven: Jonathan Edwards College Press, Yale University

One of twenty-five copies.

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Thomas Boreman; Lance Hidy (illus.), Moral Reflections on the Short Life of the Ephemeron, 1967

Octavo. (5)pp. An essay by Boreman about the ephemeron, or Mayfly, that first appeared in A Description of Some Curious and Uncommon Creatures in 1739. Illustrated with three delicate colored...

Octavo. (5)pp. An essay by Boreman about the ephemeron, or Mayfly, that first appeared in A Description of Some Curious and Uncommon Creatures in 1739. Illustrated with three delicate colored etchings by Lance Hidy depicting the Mayfly and its habitat. This is the very scarce first edition, printed by Hidy himself at Yale. Bound in tan linen boards, with printed paper label to spine. Boards show modest foxing. Near fine.

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