The Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum; with a Synoptical Table of British Butterflies

FORD, Laetitia [ex Laetitia Jermyn];

Published by . London, Longman and Co., 1836, third edition.

About this Item

12mo [17.5 x 11 cm]; viii, 140 pp, 5 engraved plates of which 2 are hand-colored including frontis, glossary. original cloth, decorated in blind, head of spine chipped, front joint partly split, light foxing on few leaves but a nice copy. Freeman 1232. British Museum Natural History Library Catalogue 932 (which did not have the first edition). Not in Nissen. The first edition was published in 1824 in only 68 pages, with the third edition greatly enlarged and brought up-to-date. The author was helped by the famous entomologist, William Kirby. A picture of this book is available on request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum; with a Synoptical Table of British Butterflies
• Publisher: . London, Longman and Co., 1836, third edition.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature - Entomology