Rhopalocera Palaearctica. Papilionindae et Pieridae (Texte + Atlas)

Description:

Text French. Rare. Privately published in a very small edition. Originally issued as 36 livraisons. Plates numbered A,B, 1-12, I-LXXII.

Condition

2 vols, large-4to, bound in two, orig. full tan leather (some abrasions to edges/corners; some mottling to vol. 2), boards embossed with title and geometric pattern; rebacked with matching spines. Some foxing. Original printed part wrappers bound at rear, each bearing contemporary manuscript note of pages/plates included in each. Also includes cancels of pages 1-16, caption leaves for plates I-III (2 versions of each), IV-VIII, XII, XXVI+XLI, XLIII+XLIV, XL+XLII+XLVI.