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British Spiders: An Introduction to the Study of the Araneidae of Great Britain and Ireland

by Staveley, E.F.

Collection : A fine ornithological and natural history library
Publisher : Lovell Reeve
Published In : London
Illustrations : 16 plates (14 hand-col)

Description:

First edition. Hand-coloured plates by Tuffen West, printed by W. West. Publisher's catalogue dated 1st October, 1873 bound at rear.

Condition

Small 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt vignette of a spider to front board, joints lightly rubbed with minor wear to extremities. Light foxing to endpapers. Owner's name to endpaper. Neat marginal pencil annotations in several places, pencil sketch of a spider's web to blank verso of one plate caption leaf. Vg.