Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die Tagfalter des aethiopischen Faunengebietes: Eine systematisch-geographische Studie
- Publisher : P.A. Norstedt
- Published In : Stockholm
- Illustrations : 6 chromolithographed plates
Description:
Published in 'Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar', vol. 31, part 5. Publication date is given as 1898 on title-page, but publication was not before the end of April 1899 (see Cowan: Anotationes Rhopalocerologicae 1970: 15).
Condition
Bound in buckram, minor rubbing + scratching. A little foxing/spotting at the beginning. Some offsetting from plates to facing blank versos of caption leaves, with some surface damage to a few caption sheets; plates unaffected. Vg. Ex libris Roy Hew Russell Stevenson, with his book-plate. Captain R.H.R Stevenson of Selukwe, South Rhodesia. Known as the first lepidopterist to "put some order in Rhodesian butterflies"
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