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Wilkes, B. - The British Aurelian: Twelve New Designs of English Butterflies and Directions for making a Collection

Title: The British Aurelian: Twelve New Designs of English Butterflies and Directions for making a Collection
Description: Classey 1982 11, 12 plates. . Unbound. Loose leaves as issued in portfolio.. Edition Limited to 475 numbered copies. Facsimile of the rare Carrington-Bowles edition of Wilkes's "Twelve New Designs" (1742 et seq.), together with a facsimile of his broadsheet, "Directions for Making a Collection", issued as a supplement to the "Twelve New Designs", and of which only a single example is known to have survived. With an essay by R.S. Wilkinson. [9780860960119]

Keywords: Britain; History of Natural History; Lepidoptera

Price: GBP 10.00 = appr. US$ 14.28 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S9795

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