| Description | 1852, new revised edition (2nd), 8vo, preface, 298 pages + 2 pages errata and addenda, 59 hand-coloured plates in a clean fresh state, illustrating nearly 2,000 specimens of butterflies and moths in reduced size, half morocco binding with marbled boards, spine with raised bands with marbled boards, a good copy, G Willis. The first edition was published in 1839 followed by four more which included a supplement by J O Westwood and 5 extra plates covering species which had been discovered since the book was originally prepared. The plates each have approximately 36 figures of butterflies or moths which are reduced from life-size. This copy is bound with Catalogue of the British Lepidoptera... according to Mr Stephens, 21 pages. |
