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2nd Ed Kirby BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS of the UK 70-DOUBLE-SIDED COLOR PLATES L@@K
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BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS of theUNITED KINGDOM
With a Systematic Arrangement of Families and Genera,
Indexes of Scientific and Popular Names,
and 70 Coloured Plates
by
W. Egmont KIRBY
HUNDREDS of SPECIES Illustrated!
2nd Edition (No Date) ca1920s
With 70 Double-Sided COLOR PLATES!
Depicting HUNDREDS of COLORFUL SPECIES!
PUBLISHER:
George Routledge and Sons, Ltd, London, and E.P. Dutton and Co., New York
CONDITION:
Hardcover book in excellent condition internally! Print pages with slight age-toning; Plate pages bright and clean; no foxing or marks. All 70 single-sided color plates are in SUPERB CONDITION. Signature of previous owner with 16.8.51
on front flyleaf, and pencilled notation with 1922 date inside front cover.
SECOND Ed
iti
on published circa 1920s. Original bluish-green buckram cloth cover with gilt lettering and rich gilt montage/vignette of
butterflies and moths in gilt frame on front cover; covers faded/soiled and worn
along
edges; gilt lettering to spine (see images); binding is firm.
A VERY NICE Copy of this book overall! The plates, especially, are beautifully colored.
HUNDREDS of BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS Illustrated
W. Egmont Kirby (not to be confused with another entomologist, William Kirby, was an extremely active lepidopterist during the latter part of the 1800’s and early 1900’s, and authored a variety of books and commentaries on these insects.
DIMENSIONS:
5.5in X 8.5.in X 1.75in
468 Pages of Text + 70 PLATE Pages!
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