Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and Preserving British & Foreign Insects: Also for Collecting and Preserving Crustacea and Shells.

Ingpen, A.

Verlag: 2nd. Corr. Ed. Pub. William Smith. 1839

Beschreibung

pp.106 with hand coloured frontis., and 2 further hand coloured plates plus 2-page publisher s adverts. 16mo. Hardback. Some spotting to plate 3, o/w. contents fine. Original blindstamped green cloth boards gently bumped on corners and sunned on spine, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. Scarce. With chapters covering apparatus, collecting, preserving and displaying insects as well as collecting and preserving crustaceans, this is a charming survivor from a time when the study of the infinite variety of Nature was also the study of the Divine Hand of the Creator. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 62546

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Titel: Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and ...

Verlag: 2nd. Corr. Ed. Pub. William Smith. 1839

Einband: Hardcover