A History of British Butterflies
- Publisher : Groombridge and Sons
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 71 col plates, 2 plain plates
Description:
Early reissue (first published 1853). Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) was a clergyman and naturalist. The present book was the standard butterfly book of the second half of the 19th-centruy, and today is considered a lepidopterological classic. Text and plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett.
McLean, 15.
Condition
Roy. 8vo, cont. half-calf, rebacked preserving orig. spine with raised bands and decorative gilt rules. Small ink ticks against names on Contents pages. Colour plates clean and crisp. Vg. From the library of John Browne (later 4th Marquess of Sligo) with his heraldic book-plate and signature.