Die Schmetterlinge Europas. Bd 1-3 [with] Die Raupen der Schmetterlinge Europas. Bd 4

Description:

Text German. This combined edition, revised by Spuler, comprises the third edition of E. Hofmann's Die Gross-schmetterlinge Europas and second edition of Die Raupen der Gross-schmetterlinge Europas. Illustrated with fine chromolithographic plates (Schmetterlinge: 1-91, 17b, 17c, 71a, 71b & Raupen: 1-50, Nachtrag 1-10).

Condition

4 vols, 4to, orig. uniform dec. cloth, joints rubbed, minor wear to extremities, short nick to head of one spine, another a little faded, minor bumps to corners; first volume with plain endpapers, remaining three vols with patterned endpapers. An unusually well-preserved set in the original publisher's cloth decorated in attractive 'art nouveau' style. Vg.