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British Butterflies. Figures and descriptions of every native species, with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits, locations, mode of capture and preservation, etc. New edition. Illustrated by the Author.
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Coleman, William Stephen
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British Butterflies. Figures and descriptions of every native species, with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits, locations, mode of capture and preservation, etc. New edition. Illustrated by the Author.
Date [1866]
Dimensions 108 × 165 × 15 mm (4.25 × 6.49 × 0.59 in)
British Library
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C188a587
Place of creation London: George Routledge & Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate; New York: 416, Broome Street. London: Woodfall & Kinder, printers, Milford Lane, Strand, London, W. C. [1863] 124p., XVI plates
Notes Plate I is bound at the front. P:late numbers II-XVI are bound at the rear. The Preface is dated: “Bayswater, April 1860.” Yellow paper over boards. Publisher’s titles are printed on endpapers and pastedowns. The verso of the title age advertises: “A superior edition of this work… with Illustrations printed in colours and bound in cloth… price 3s. 6d., or with gilt edges 4s.” The frontispiece recto has de Beaumont’s notes and a gift inscription. The lower cover lists titles in the series: “Books in the Country.” The upper cover is printed in colours. Above and below the centre are the words: “ “/ One Shilling/ British/ Butterflies./ W. S. Coleman/ with/ Illustrations/ George Routledge and Sons./” On the centre, four butterflies are in flight. On the spine, “British Butterflies are in red letters along its length, within a black cartouche. At the tail: “1/-“ is printed. This book acquired with the generous assistance of the British Library Collections Trust. Another copy (probably) of this work is at British Library shelf mark7296a17
References The Library of the late Robin de Beaumont. Bonhams Auction Catalogue [online sale of 31 January 2024.] Lot 189.
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