Les Papillons: Leur Histoire, la Manière de leur Faire la Chasse et de les Conserver; Ouvrage Amusant et Instructif.Dédié à la Jeunesse. by BALLAND, EUGÈNE AMÉDÉE - 1823

Paris: Pre. Blanchard et Lecerf, 1823. Very Good. Paris: Pre. Blanchard et Lecerf (1823). Oblong 4to, original pink engraved pictorial boards showing butterfly nets and mounted specimens; later pink cloth spine an d new endpapers. Residue from old tap e at joint edges of boards; mild foxing. Overall, a lovely copy of a very scarce book: NUC lists only one copy, which lacks frontispiece and contents leaf at rear . Beautiful frontispiece of a tutor wi th apparatus and children catching butterflies with nets in a landscape and six composite plates of butterflies and moths, all with vibrant and precise contempor ary hand- coloring. Gumuchian 4371: "rar e.". . Pictorial Boards. About Fine. Oblong 4to.