1886 British Butterflies Illustrated BUTTERFLY Insects Coleman Lepidoptera

1886 British Butterflies Illustrated BUTTERFLY Insects Coleman Lepidoptera

A rare, beautiful edition of W.S. Coleman's "British Butterflies". Published in the mid-1860s, this book is an impressive collection of illustrations and descriptions of butterflies found in the United Kingdom. Each of the engraved pages features numerous figures of moths and butterflies in full color.

Item number: #17294

Price: $550

COLEMAN, W.S.

British Butterflies : Figures and descriptions of every Native species with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits, localities, mode of capture, and preservation

London : Routledge & Sons, [ca. 1886].

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o vii, [1], 179, [1]

o 16 plates of engravings (14 in color)

· Provenance:

o Supralibros – The Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of the 110 Livery Companies of the City of London and ranks second in order of precedence. The Grocers' Company was established in 1345 for merchants occupied in the trade of grocer and is one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies. Motto: God Grant Grace.

o Bookplate – H. G. Wood, 1886

§ Attended Grocers' Company's School, Hackney Downs; signed by headmaster Rev. C. G. Gull

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; secure

o Prize Binding: The Worshipful Company of Grocers

· Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13cm)

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