Woodside Burnside Hillside and Marsh

Description:

First edition. Scarce in the original edition, particularly in good condition. An engaging account of a series of natural history and collecting excursions by the British entomologist J.W. Tutt (1858-1911). Although entomology, and particularly Lepidoptera, is prominent throughout, Tutt ranges more widely over the botany, ornithology and geology of the districts visited. Among the localities described are Cobham Woods, Cuxton Downs, Cliffe in Kent, and the Western Highlands of Scotland, with observations on their characteristic habitats and fauna. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts and full-page illustrations. Tutt was an important figure in British entomology and in 1890 founded The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, which he edited for two decades.

Condition

8vo, orig. cloth, rubbed, a few small marks and ink spots, gilt title and gilt and black decoration to spine, patterned endpapers. Light foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's name and address to endpaper. Good.