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Albin, Eleazar, active 1713-1759
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Dates of existence
active 1713-1759
History
Eleazar Albin was an English naturalist and watercolourist illustrator who wrote and illustrated several 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). He has been described as one of the great entomological book illustrators of the 18th century.