A Practical Handbook of British Beetles. Vol. I-II
- Publisher : Witherby
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 169 plates of line drawings, map
Description:
First edition. Vol. I: Text; Vol. II: Plates.
Condition
2 vols, roy. 8vo., half morocco, raised bands to spine, gilt, minor wear to corners. Some marginal finger soiling. Good set. From the library of British coleopterist, Robert Angus, with his name pencilled to endpaper, and his marginal pencil markings and annotations throughout the Text vol. A pencil note in Angus's hand to endpaper states that this set is 'Ex Revered Thomas Basil Kitchen Library.' Rev. T.B. Kitchen (1905-1987) was a British coleopterist, president of the Yorkshire Naturalist Union (1953), and Honorary Canon of the Cathedral Church, Gibraltar.
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