Collection of approx. 550 short papers on British Diptera

Description:

A substantial working reference collection assembled by the British dipterist Kenneth G.V. Smith (1929-2017), comprising papers and offprints relating to British Diptera, 1899-1976, arranged in 18 pamphlet boxes. Smith was a member of the Department of Entomology at the British Museum (Natural History) and became a recognised authority on Diptera, using such material extensively in the course of his taxonomic research and publications.

The collection is significant as a surviving part of the working library of an important twentieth-century British dipterist. Among the contents is a notable group of c. 100 papers by James Edward Collin (1876-1968), one of the foremost British dipterists of the preceding generation, concerning British and world Diptera and published between 1899 and 1938.

Condition

Approx. 550 papers and offprints contained in 18 cloth pamphlet boxes.