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AN ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MOTHS WITH LIFE-SIZE FIGURES FROM NATURE OF EACH SPECIES AND OF THE MORE STRIKING VARIETIES; ALSO, FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF BOTH THE PERFECT INSECT AND THE CATERPILLAR, TOGETHER WITH DATES AND APPEARANCE, AND LOCALITIES WHERE FOUND
by Newman, Edward
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: W. Tweedie, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto, 10.4 in. x 7.2 in., pp. viii, 3-486. Illuatrated with hundreds of life-size black and white woodcut drawings of moths and caterpillars. Red cloth beveled boards with elaborate frame stamped in black to front and in blind to back, and five gilt moths and title to front. Black title with gilt moth and black and gilt design to spine. All edges gilt. Rubbing to extremities. Corners nudged and showing. Hinges just showing, but spine strong. Chips to top/bottom of spine; darkening to spine. Spring green endpapers. LIght occasional spotting throughout. Pencil scribble to rear flyleaf.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87102
- Title
- AN ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MOTHS WITH LIFE-SIZE FIGURES FROM NATURE OF EACH SPECIES AND OF THE MORE STRIKING VARIETIES; ALSO, FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF BOTH THE PERFECT INSECT AND THE CATERPILLAR, TOGETHER WITH DATES AND APPEARANCE, AND LOCALITIES WHERE FOUND
- Author
- Newman, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. Tweedie
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- butterflies, lepidoptory
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY;
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Beveled
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- Rubbing
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- Quarto
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- Cloth
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