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1831 Butterflies Sphinx Moths 126+ Color Butterfly Insects Lepidoptera 3v
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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