Author: W. S. Coleman
Title: British Butterflies: Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species with an Account of Butterfly Development, Structure, Habits, Localities, Mode of Capture, and Preservation
Description: London, George Routledge & Sons, 1888. Cloth. A smart copy of this beautifully illustrated study of British butterflies. Illustrated with sixteen plates, fourteen of which are in colour, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed study of British butterflies with reference to the butterfly life cycle, feeding, breeding, the individual parts of the body, and each individual species native to the British Isles. Written by William Stephen Coleman, an English painter, illustrator, and writer. Illustrated by Edmund Evans, an English wood-engraver and colour printer of the Victorian era. In the original green and blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd spot to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot and light spotting to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Edmund Evans. Very Good .

Keywords: British Butterflies Figures Descriptions Butterflies Coleman Evans Edmund Evans


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