Aid to the identification of Insects. Lithographs by Edwin Wilson. Parts 1 through 11.

Published by London: E W Janson -1882, 1880

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8vo, 20.7cm. 11 installments containing 91 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates. Orig. printed wrappers, side-stiched. Front cover of first installment in photocopy, stitching of 3 installments loose, first plate with some edge wear, all other plates very good. - Very rare. Forming the nearly complete run of plates of exotic insects of the first volume of 100 plates, here without the short preface and 15 pages of index. The complete work of 189 plates in two volumes appeared between 1880 and 1890. Each plate shows the detailed drawing with meticulous hand-colouring of one insect specimen (including many coleoptera), the caption of each consists of its Latin name, the reference to its original description and the name of the country of origin.The author/compiler was an assistant keeper at the British Museum (Natural History) and specialized in Coleoptera.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Aid to the identification of Insects. Lithographs by Edwin Wilson. Parts 1 through 11.
Author
WATERHOUSE, Charles Owen (1843-1917).:
Publisher
London: E W Janson -1882
Publication year
1880
Binding
Soft cover
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COLE, RARA_ENTO

Aquila Antiquariaat

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Specialist mail-order business since 1971 in the geological and biological sciences but also maintaining an large general secondhand and antiquarian stock.

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Biology, Natural History, Zoology, General Antiquarian & Secondhand Books, History of Science, Mineralogy, Paleontology, Geology, Botany, Entomology

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