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Eleazar Albin was a British naturalist and author of illustrated books on birds and insects.
Albin wrote and illustrated a number of books, including A Natural History of English Insects (1720), A Natural History of Birds (1731-38), and A Natural History of Spiders and Other Curious Insects (1736). His work was based on careful observation and artistic talent. Eleazar Albin has been called one of the "great illustrators of entomological books of the 18th century".
Some of the illustrations in these books are by Albin's daughter Elisabeth. Eleazar Albin himself proudly wrote of his drawings that they were all painted from life, with all the accuracy of a sketch, unlike the sketches of other scientists, who did them either from memory or from stories.











![Eggs of the Birds of Europe, London, [1905-] 1910, 2 vols, red morocco gilt with Dresser emblem](/assets/image/picture_3101019/fdbfc/at5bxoh7-p-qp-a9p87a1q9gj5wjzilcyrp7wmlegilncztpydzuuj4x10sfqg1693912627jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
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![A Monograph of the Trogonidae, [1836-] 1838, first edition, nineteenth-century green morocco gilt](/assets/image/picture_3101042/e0760/lgrxez7asqvnjxd39vtc1xjna4r3r9nsnueozuvzbjwaguboadbehnustedf-n1693917970jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![A Monograph of the Trogonidae, [1836-] 1838, first edition, nineteenth-century green morocco gilt](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_3101042/e0760/lgrxez7asqvnjxd39vtc1xjna4r3r9nsnueozuvzbjwaguboadbehnustedf-n1693917970jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)







![The birds of Australia [and related works by the same author], London, 1910-36](/assets/image/picture_3101067/d398f/izwjon7sv6ukwtss1kpmjfablm4h0nkixl3k6llwirmizr9nwbp59bi7vdol6ev61693918893jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![The birds of Australia [and related works by the same author], London, 1910-36](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_3101067/d398f/izwjon7sv6ukwtss1kpmjfablm4h0nkixl3k6llwirmizr9nwbp59bi7vdol6ev61693918893jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![A monograph of the Turdidae, or family of thrushes, [1898-] 1902, 2 volumes, red three quarter morocco](/assets/image/picture_3101077/7ab2d/rjgbc5obpldx6hlvzvh0lwfcmuvchsum1gzmtlmjbl2vu7u3gay9mchah0zovt1693919082jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![A monograph of the Turdidae, or family of thrushes, [1898-] 1902, 2 volumes, red three quarter morocco](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_3101077/7ab2d/rjgbc5obpldx6hlvzvh0lwfcmuvchsum1gzmtlmjbl2vu7u3gay9mchah0zovt1693919082jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![The geographical distribution of the family charadriidae, London, [1887-1888]. green half morocco](/assets/image/picture_3101080/31946/ehksejl7b4g3gfkcpcol4akvpsu5hrb1lnhhnhn41a14tbnz92ffqi6wl9mkxp1693919477jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![The geographical distribution of the family charadriidae, London, [1887-1888]. green half morocco](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_3101080/31946/ehksejl7b4g3gfkcpcol4akvpsu5hrb1lnhhnhn41a14tbnz92ffqi6wl9mkxp1693919477jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)


![Les oiseaux les plus remarquables..., Paris and London, [n.d.], maroon silk boards](/assets/image/picture_3101087/86d34/dle8zykhys3huuui0u3ndyrjyr2zl5iwleazxzravwbmp13kyyxbp0pfsmbdjf71693919952jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![Les oiseaux les plus remarquables..., Paris and London, [n.d.], maroon silk boards](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_3101087/86d34/dle8zykhys3huuui0u3ndyrjyr2zl5iwleazxzravwbmp13kyyxbp0pfsmbdjf71693919952jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)









![The Birds of Europe, London, [1832-] 1837, first edition, 5 vols, contemporary green moroccco](/assets/image/picture_3101107/689ef/8dk7kylr5a6dmosjul-lq9vqyxl1iamvt9yikutm4l-cyt4nwx6srmua5nnz-ba1693920862jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![The Birds of Europe, London, [1832-] 1837, first edition, 5 vols, contemporary green moroccco](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_3101107/689ef/8dk7kylr5a6dmosjul-lq9vqyxl1iamvt9yikutm4l-cyt4nwx6srmua5nnz-ba1693920862jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)



![Atlas Minor, Amsterdam, [c.1688-1750], 18th century boards](/assets/image/picture_3101119/76e34/dppx6vr4n7rzpkmg5g7kse-50xfjmqtfmjpi3dax7m7wed3sfddqhzw3uvrky1693921192jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![Atlas Minor, Amsterdam, [c.1688-1750], 18th century boards](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_3101119/76e34/dppx6vr4n7rzpkmg5g7kse-50xfjmqtfmjpi3dax7m7wed3sfddqhzw3uvrky1693921192jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], original pictorial cloth gilt](/assets/image/picture_3101129/5d38d/muzdrydcdkxhpq5yigzczya9pq3sawaswquymnkz9bmv4phifytw4vafombjwcxr1693921336jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], original pictorial cloth gilt](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_3101129/5d38d/muzdrydcdkxhpq5yigzczya9pq3sawaswquymnkz9bmv4phifytw4vafombjwcxr1693921336jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], brown cloth gilt rebacked](/assets/image/picture_3101133/517f1/o2tgyslttvfrjp7-axsojrkuxdtohmue1shrdgscxt-1wvp-uq8z6axoampx1693921472jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)
![Flora's Gems, London, [before 1837], brown cloth gilt rebacked](https://veryimportantlot.com/assets/image/picture_3101133/517f1/o2tgyslttvfrjp7-axsojrkuxdtohmue1shrdgscxt-1wvp-uq8z6axoampx1693921472jpg__fix_374_244.jpeg)





