Le Farfalle Diurne d'Italia. Vol. 1-5

Description:

Text Italian. Scarce and important work on Italian butterflies. Numbered edition of 1000 copies (vols 1-3) or 800 (vols 4-5). Vols 3-5 were each issued as two parts (Text + Plates). Vol. 1: Considerazioni Generali e Hesperides, [#139/1000], 1940, pp. xxxiv, (2), 131, col frontis, b/w plates I-II, col plates 1-4; Vol. 2: Lycaenida, [#144/1000], 1943, pp. xii, 401, (1), col plates 5-19, b/w plates III-IX; Vol. 3: Papilionida - Papilionidae, Pieridae, Text [#610/1000], 1947, pp. xvi, 318, (1); Plates [#784/1000], 1950, pp. (2), col plates 20-37, b/w plates X-XIV; Vol. 4: Papilionida - Libytheina, Danaina e Nymphalina (Apaturidae, Nymphalidae), Text [#252/800], 1950, pp. xxv, 380, (2); Plates [#186/850], 1951, pp. (2), col plates 38-53, b/w plates, 54, XV-XX; Vol. 5: Papilionida - Nymphalina (Satyridae), Text [#281/800], 1953, pp. xix, 354; Plates [#260/800], 1953, pp. (2), col plates 55-74, b/w plates XXI-XXVI.

Condition

Bound in 5 vols, 4to (350x260mm), cont. cloth, gt, rubbed, some minor wear. Illustrations from original wrappers pasted to front endpapers of vols 1 and 2; some scattered foxing to vol. 1; bindings cracked in several places between gatherings, but still firm; blind stamp to title-pages. Very good set.