Animals was first published in 1788 in London by I. and J. Taylor and then again in 1825 in New Haven by H. Howe, a local bookseller and publisher [REF].
In the first edition the aquatints are coloured and, according to Sarah Prideaux (1909)[REF] "There are very few books on natural history illustrated in aquatint, but these are, for various reasons, of considerable interest.