Author: Morris, F.O.
Title: A History of British Butterflies
Description: Groombridge & Sons 1853 vi, 168, 29, 71 hand-col + 2 plain plates. . HB. 4to (260x160mm), cont. half-calf, some light wear, marbled boards, rubbed, recently rebacked, leather title piece. Light spotting/foxing to some plates. Publisher's printed advertisement slip for 'No. 1 of The Train A First-Class Magazine' tipped in at rear. A very good copy.. First edition. This book was the standard butterfly book of the second half of the 19th-centruy and went through many editions; it is now considered a lepidopterological classic. Plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett and coloured by hand. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) was a Church of England clergyman and naturalist. McLean 15..
Keywords: Britain; Butterflies; Rhopalocera; Lepidoptera; Coloured plates
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Title: A History of British Butterflies
Description: Groombridge & Sons 1853 vi, 168, 29, 71 hand-col + 2 plain plates. . HB. 4to (260x160mm), cont. half-calf, some light wear, marbled boards, rubbed, recently rebacked, leather title piece. Light spotting/foxing to some plates. Publisher's printed advertisement slip for 'No. 1 of The Train A First-Class Magazine' tipped in at rear. A very good copy.. First edition. This book was the standard butterfly book of the second half of the 19th-centruy and went through many editions; it is now considered a lepidopterological classic. Plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett and coloured by hand. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) was a Church of England clergyman and naturalist. McLean 15..
Keywords: Britain; Butterflies; Rhopalocera; Lepidoptera; Coloured plates
Price: GBP 250.00 = appr. US$ 357.00 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: A50369
- Book number: A50369
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