1831 Butterflies Sphinx Moths 126+ Color Butterfly Insects Lepidoptera 3v
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1831 Butterflies Sphinx Moths 126+ Color Butterfly Insects Lepidoptera 3v
Thomas Browns “Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths” is a rare, early 19th-century study of butterflies and similar insects. This three-volume set includes dozens of impressive, color engravings of butterflies describing specific species of butterflies and moths! The hand-colored engravings are beautiful and make this three-volume set highly desirable.
Item number: #22904
Price: $750
BROWN, Thomas
The Book of Butterflies, sphinxes and moths;
London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1831-34. 1st editions
Details:
Collation: 3 tomes
Vol. I – xxxviii, 39-216
56 color plates (of 60; wanting plates 3, 21, 27, 55)
Vol. II (1832) – vi, 9-208
35 color plates
Vol. II (1834) – vii, [1], 9-221, [1]
35 color plates
Provenance: Handwritten – George Fredk. Prescott, 1837
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; secure
Cloth
Size: ~7in X 4.5in (18cm x 11.5cm)
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22904
Thomas Browns “Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths” is a rare, early 19th-century study of butterflies and similar insects. This three-volume set includes dozens of impressive, color engravings of butterflies describing specific species of butterflies and moths! The hand-colored engravings are beautiful and make this three-volume set highly desirable.
Item number: #22904
Price: $750
BROWN, Thomas
The Book of Butterflies, sphinxes and moths;
London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1831-34. 1st editions
Details:
Collation: 3 tomes
Vol. I – xxxviii, 39-216
56 color plates (of 60; wanting plates 3, 21, 27, 55)
Vol. II (1832) – vi, 9-208
35 color plates
Vol. II (1834) – vii, [1], 9-221, [1]
35 color plates
Provenance: Handwritten – George Fredk. Prescott, 1837
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; secure
Cloth
Size: ~7in X 4.5in (18cm x 11.5cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
22904
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1831 Butterflies Sphinx Moths 126+ Color Butterfly Insects Lepidoptera 3v
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