Author: Westwood, J.O.
Title: The Butterflies of Great Britain with their Transformations Delineated and Described
Description: George Routledge and Sons [c. 1870s] xl, 140, 2 plain, 19 hand-col lithographic plates, additional hand-col title-page. . HB. Small 4to, orig. brown cloth boards, minor bumps to corner, light wear to extremities; front board stamped in black and gilt; attractively rebacked in recent morocco, raised bands, gilt title and butterfly motifs to compartments; new endpapers. Browning to some plates, occasional light foxing. Vg.. Undated re-issue (first published in this form 1854). Printing and colouring in this copy is quite good. This work is an abridged version of the authors 'British Butterflies and their Transformations' (1841), reissued '...at a price which would place it within the reach of every student,...', reduced in size, but '...without, however, omitting any important or necessary information.' (Preface).Freeman, 3950..

Keywords: Britain; Butterflies; Rhopalocera; Lepidoptera; Decorative Binding; Hand-coloured plates


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