Author: Buckler, W.; Stainton, H.T.; Porritt, G.T.
Title: The Larvae of the British Butterflies and Moths. Vol. I-IX
Description: Ray Society 1886-1901 , 164 colour plates (105 hand-col, the remainder colour printed). . HB. 9 vols, 8vo, Vols 2-9 (Moths): orig. blue cloth, gilt, teg, spines of several vols faded; some light spotting to page edges and first/last few leaves of some volumes. Vg clean copies; Vol. 1: (Butterflies) rebound in library cloth, with library bookplate and several neat ink stamps to endpapers, blank verso of plates, and title page.. Scarce complete set. The definitive work on the larvae of British Lepidoptera. The work was published posthumously, with Vol. I-V edited by H.T. Stainton and following his death, Vol. VI-IX by G.T. Porritt. 105 plates are hand-coloured (Vol. I-VI), the remainder chromolithographs (colour printed) (Vol. VII-IX). Nissen ZBI, 657..

Keywords: Britain; Colour plates; Lepidoptera


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