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Edinburgh: W H Lizars, S Highley et al, 1835 A fair copy of the 1st edition of British Butterflies, vol III of Entomology from the Naturalist's Library edited by Sir William Jardine. In newer cloth binding with the original gilt titles pasted to the spine, with 34 plates of which 32 are hand coloured. With frontispiece portrait of Werner; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; advertisement; contents listing; Memoir of Werner; text 246 pp; and 2 plain plates and 32 hand coloured plates at the rear. The binding is a plain blue cloth which is clean and has turned corners. There is a decorative bookplate at the front pastedown endpaper and a bookseller's label on the fep. Internally the usual preliminaries (eg volume listing, half title) are missing, as is the publisher's listing from the rear. There is no tissue guard to the frontispiece and there is an old signature at the top of the vignette title page. Text pages are generally clean with very toned paper and some dog-earing to…
Read More The Natural History of Foreign Butterflies; The Naturalist's Library, Entomology, Volume V by James Duncan, Sir William Jardine, editor - 1837
by James Duncan, Sir William Jardine, editor
The Natural History of Foreign Butterflies; The Naturalist's Library, Entomology, Volume V
by James Duncan, Sir William Jardine, editor
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
Edinburgh: W H Lizars, S Highley et al, 1837 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the publisher's cloth binding with 30 hand coloured plates. Contents with volume listing for the Naturalist's Library; half title; black and white frontispiece of Lamarck; hand coloured vignette title page of butterflies and a lizard; 2 further title pages; publisher's advertisement dated 1 June 1837; contents listing; Memoir of Lamarck; text with 30 colour plates bound in - plate 1 is double size; and 23pp publisher's catalogue at the rear. The binding has been expertly rebacked and is sound and tight. The spine and board edges are lightly faded. There is a small mark on the spine and light wear to corners. The original green endpapers are present with repair at the joints and slight damage to front pastedown at the joint. The contents are very bright and clean with well coloured plates. There is a lot of offsetting to tissue guards.
- Bookseller E C Books (GB)
- Format/Binding Cloth
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition N
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher W H Lizars, S Highley et al
- Place of Publication Edinburgh
- Date Published 1837
- Size 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
- Keywords lepidoptera; butterflies; foreign butterflies; james duncan; jardine's naturalists' library
- Size 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall