Author: Edward Wesley Janson Title: British Beetles. Transferred from Curtis&Apos;S British Entomology.
Description: London, Bell and Daldy, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. Prominent nineteenth century coleopterist E. W. Janson's study of British beetles, illustrated throughout by John Curtis. The first edition of this scarce work. Illustrated with twenty-nine uncoloured plates containing 259 illustrations of various beetles, all the work of entomologist and illustrator John Curtis. Collated, complete.The scarce first edition of English entomologist Edward Wesley Janson's study of the native British beetle.With the illustrations taken from Curtis's 'British Entomology&apos.With half title.A detailed and scarce study of British coleoptera, with an alphabetically arranged index. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Rebacked, with original back strip laid down, boards restored and endpapers renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting throughout. Tide marks to seven plates. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: John Curtis. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: beetles entomology Coleoptera beetle entomology John Curtis
Price: GBP 475.00 = appr. US$ 678.29 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 830F5
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