The Larvae of the British Butterflies and Moths Vol. I-IX [with] Larvae of the British Lepidoptera not figured by Buckler
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- Series : Ray Society Monographs
- Publisher : Ray Society/BENHS
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 164 col plates (105 hand-col); 35 col plates
Description:
Scarce complete set. The definitive work on the larvae of British Lepidoptera. The work was published posthumously, with Vol. I-V edited by H.T. Stainton and following his death, Vol. VI-IX by G.T. Porritt. 105 plates are hand-coloured (Vol. I-VI), the remainder chromolithographs (colour printed) (Vol. VII-IX). Together with G.M. Haggett's 'Larvae of the British Lepidoptera not figured by Buckler' (1981).
Nissen ZBI, 657.
Condition
10 vols, 8vo, Buckler: orig. cloth, gilt, top edges gilt; two spines faded, stain to corner of one rear board; some volumes ex-lib.: 6 vols with front endpapers removed, 5 with neat ink stamps to title pages and either to blank verso or top margin of plates; Haggett: orig. cloth, in d/w. A good complete set.
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