Author: H. Rowland-Brown [Henry Rowland-Brown]
Title: Butterflies and Moths at Home and Abroad
Description: London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this popular work on butterflies and moths, colourfully illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a colour plate to the front board. Illustrated with twenty-one colour plates. Plate III is displayed to the cover. Collated, complete. Henry Rowland-Brown (1865-1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. This is his popular work on butterflies and moths, with descriptions of genera and species; explanations of entomology and classification; and advice on rearing, breeding and collecting. Illustrated with beautiful colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart, though slightly faded with light shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Some faint marks to the rear boards. Offsetting to the end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Marginal age toning to pages, with the odd spot to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Transference from Plate II to page 28. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Butterflies Moths Rowland-Brown Moths Not Stated


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