{"product_id":"loving-insects-john-abbots-drawings-and-natural-history-collecting-in-the-atlantic-world-1760s-1840s-9780820373577","title":"Loving Insects: John Abbot's Drawings and Natural History Collecting in the Atlantic World, 1760s-1840s","description":"John Abbot's love of insects manifested itself in his exquisite watercolor drawings of butterflies, moths, beetles, cicadas, dragonflies, wasps, and spiders. Considered one of the finest illustrated entomological publications of its era, \u003ci\u003eThe Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia\u003c\/i\u003e combined those watercolors with Abbot's terse notes that described his encounters with these creatures. Born in London in 1751, Abbot journeyed to the American South in 1773 to collect and draw insects and birds for natural history collectors in Britain. Although he had had ambitions as a young man to join the ranks of London's natural history illustrators, he never returned to Britain. Instead, Abbot lived most of his long life in Georgia, where he made thousands of watercolor drawings of insects and supplied thousands of insect specimens to his British, European, and American clients. Despite his accomplishments as a naturalist and an artist, he is little known today. \u003ci\u003eLoving Insects\u003c\/i\u003e aims to rectify this omission by detailing Abbot's activities as a natural history artist, a specimen hunter, and a naturalist and by claiming a space for him as a major figure in the story of early American natural history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beth Tobin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.16h x 8.38w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820373577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/08\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBETH FOWKES TOBIN is professor emerita of English and women's studies at the University of Georgia. She is the author and\/or editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Duchess's Shells: Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook's Voyages\u003c\/i\u003e and two award-winning books, \u003ci\u003ePicturing Imperial Power: Colonial Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Painting\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eColonizing Nature: The Tropics in British Arts and Letters, 1760-1830\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives and writes in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Beth Tobin \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48944063348893,"sku":"9780820373577","price":47.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_1e755ed2-1777-4299-aebe-50d9a401d529.jpg?v=1790153705","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/loving-insects-john-abbots-drawings-and-natural-history-collecting-in-the-atlantic-world-1760s-1840s-9780820373577","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}