THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. Described and arranged according to the system now adopted in the British Museum - AND - THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS.

NOEL HUMPHREYS, H.

Verlag: London. Paul Jerrard & Son. no date but, 1859

Beschreibung

2 volumes, tall octavo 10 1/2 x 7 inches, original publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, a bit rubbed. First work - Butterflies, hand coloured engraved title and 32 FINE HAND COLOURED LITHOGRAPH PLATES OF BUTTERFLIES in decorative settings to show their typical habitats, with accompanying leaves of text. Second work- Moths, 2 volumes in one, with the rare second title, illustrated with 62 FINE HAND COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS OF MOTHS also in settings of plants and foliage. Thus in total - ONE HAND COLOURED TITLE AND 94 HAND COLOURED PLATES. The bindings are a little rubbed and both volumes are loose in gutta percha - these bindings were amongst the first to use glue to hold the books together thus with time they invariably become loose. However the plates and text and extremely bright and clean and complete. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4806

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF BRITISH ...

Verlag: London. Paul Jerrard & Son. no date but

Erscheinungsdatum: 1859

Einband: Hardcover