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A History of British Butterflies
by Morris, F.O
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Groombridge & Sons, 1853. vi, 168, 29, 71 hand-col + 2 plain plates. . HB. 4to (260x160mm), cont. half-calf, some light wear, marbled boards, rubbed, recently rebacked, leather title piece. Light spotting/foxing to some plates. Publisher's printed advertisement slip for 'No. 1 of The Train A First-Class Magazine' tipped in at rear. A very good copy.. First edition. This book was the standard butterfly book of the second half of the 19th-centruy and went through many editions; it is now considered a lepidopterological classic. Plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett and coloured by hand. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) was a Church of England clergyman and naturalist. McLean 15..
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A50369
- Title
- A History of British Butterflies
- Author
- Morris, F.O
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Groombridge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- Britain; Butterflies; Rhopalocera; Lepidoptera; Coloured plates
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Pemberley Books
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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