British Butterflies
- Publisher : George Routledge & Sons
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 14 col + 2 b/w plates
Description:
First published 1860, this is an early undated reissue (pre-1880). Illustrations by the author, printed in colour by Edmund Evans, several figures with silver highlighting.
Condition
Small 8vo (158x105mm), cont. prize calf, gilt double-ruled border to boards, with gilt crest of the Cheltenham Juvenile Proprietary School to front board, rich gilt tooling to spine and edges, leather title piece, marbled endpapers and edges. Occasional light foxing. Very good. Prize bookplate dated 1879.