Author: Burr, M.
Title: The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Published under the patronage of the secretary of State for India. Dermaptera (earwigs).
Description: London, Taylor & Francis, 1910. 8vo (22.7 x 15.3 cm). xviii, 217 pp., nine lithographed plates of which one in full-colour, with explanatory text leaves; 16 (groups of) text engravings. Original blind stamped burgundy cloth. Spine with gilt lines and title. = A rare work by the foremost dermapterologist of the early 20th century. Includes the description and fine illustration of many new and rarely observed species. Library plate on front pastedown, label and library number on the spine, vague dampstain in the outer margin, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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