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Saunders, E. - The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands

Title: The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands
Description: L. Reeve 1896 xii, 391, 51 hand-col + 3 plain plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt, some minor wear to extremities, rebacked preserving original backstrip, new marbled endpapers, new head- and tailband. Old water stain to top and bottom edges extending approx. 2cm and 0.5cm respectively from head- and tailband, but not impinging onto the page surfaces. Light stain to bottom edge of some pages. Some foxing, mostly light, but heavier to half-title and final few plates. Good. E.H. Eason's copy, with his name in pencil to the title page (dated 1935), and a few marginal pencil annotations in the same hand.. Rare large paper edition, with hand coloured plates. Illustrations by R. Morgan; printer Vinc. Brooks, Day & Son..

Keywords: Aculeata; Britain; Hand-coloured plates; Hymenoptera; Aculeata; Ants; Bees; Wasps

Price: GBP 350.00 = appr. US$ 499.79 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S43462

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