The Butterflies of Southern Africa. Parts I-IV
- Publisher : Transvaal Museum
- Published In : Pretoria
- Illustrations : 142 col + 41 b/w plates, 748 line drawings
Description:
Scarce complete set. Part 1: Papilionidae & Pieridae; Part 2: Nymphalidae: Danainae & Satyrinae; Part 3: Nymphalidae: Acraeinae; Part 4: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae. Transvaal Museum Memoirs No's: 3, 8, 14 + 22.
Condition
4 vols, 4to (280x215mm), orig. cloth, speckled and stained, some wear. Several volumes at some time affected by damp, with old water stain to inner edge of pages in Pt II, and some surface damage to top inner corner of plates (not affecting images); Pt III & IV affected in similar, but more limited extent; Pt IV also with some mild cockling to lower margin of plates and pages at end, in worn d/w. Sound usable reference set.