Author: M. A. Wynter-Blyth
Title: Butterflies of the Indian Region
Description: Bombay, The Bombay Natural History Society, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this largely influential work on butterflies in the Indian region with colour plates. First edition of Butterflies of the Indian Region by M. A. Wynter-Blyth in the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. An uncommon edition with the scarce dust wrapper.A highly influential work which was for a while the only handy guide to butterflies in India.Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth was an amateur naturalist specialising in lepidopterology and butterflies. A densely illustrated work with twenty seven colour plates and forty five monochrome plates. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. Externally, fair. The dust wrapper is considerably worn, with loss to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities, and some small tears and creases. The front leaf is also suffering some loss where it has been price clipped. To the binding, there is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some wear and slight loss to the cloth in these areas. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not stated. Good/Good Only.

Keywords: Butterflies lepidopterology Wynter-Blyth Colour plates lepidopterology Dust wrapper Not stated


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