AuthorTUTT J W
TitleBRITISH BUTTERFLIES, being a popular Handbook for Young Students and Collectors
Description1896, 469 pages, 9 monotone plates, sm 8vo, with some text drawings and engravings, original publisher's cloth binding with gilt decoration on spine and front cover, all edges gilt published by George Gill & Sons. A rare book with detailed descriptions of the four life-stages, locations and habitats of the British species. Clearly a forerunner to South's Wayside & Woodland Butterflies but without the colour illustrations which made the latter so appealing and useful.
Stock No.1001
Price£135.