The Natural History of Foreign Butterflies; The Naturalist's Library, Entomology, Volume V

Language: English

Published by W H LIZARS, Edinburgh, 1837

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A very good copy of the 1st edition in the publisher's brown (originally purple) cloth binding with 30 hand coloured plates. With volume listing for the Naturalist's Library; half title; black and white frontispiece of Lamarck; hand coloured vignette title page of butterflies and a lizard; 2 further title pages; publisher's advertisement; contents listing; Memoir of Lamarck; text with 30 colour plates bound in - plate 1 is double size; and publisher's advert for the Naturalist's Library at the rear. The binding has been rebacked preserving the original spine and is sound and tight. There is fading around the spine and board edges. Corners are turned inwards. The original green endpapers are present: there are a couple of creases to the bottom corner of the front free endpaper and part of the top edge is missing on the rear free endpaper. Most of the preliminaries and text pages were opened recently so are very clean with slight toning to edges, particularly at the top. The plates are very brightly coloured with a lot of offsetting to the tissue guards. The guard to the frontispiece has been replaced. Plate 17 has a crease to the top corner tip.

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Bibliographic details

Title
The Natural History of Foreign Butterflies; The Naturalist's Library, Entomology, Volume V
Author
James Duncan, Sir William Jardine, editor
Publisher
W H LIZARS, Edinburgh
Publication year
1837
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Cloth
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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Invertebrates, NATURAL HISTORY

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We are a small online bookselling business specialising in rare and unusual books, generally published before 1900, with a focus on natural history, history, illustrated works and some literature. We are based in the beautiful Orkney Islands and have a specialist Orkney/Shetland section in our listings. We run a bookshop in Orkney - Birsay Books - where we have a wide range of stock from science fiction and fantasy to maritime and, of course, Orkney/Shetland and Scottish material. We take images of all of our books to supplement the online descriptions, and are always happy to provide more on request. When you order from us, we ensure that books are properly packed to protect their condition and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for additional security. Because we are based on an island which depends on ferries and flights for shipping, we can not guarantee 'next day' delivery. We will simply get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.

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