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Three volumes. [1],xxiv,766pp. plus color frontispiece portrait; [1],x,[1],[767]- 1774pp. plus folding map and tinted frontispiece portrait; [1],vi,[1],[1775]- 1958pp. plus eighty-nine plates (ten in color), each with corresponding text leaf, two color folding maps, one color map with corresponding text leaf, and engraved frontispiece portrait. Quarto. Later cloth, spines gilt. Cloth lightly worn. Preliminary leaf in first volume chipped in margin, not affecting text. Woodcut butterfly bookplate of Ernest L. Bell on front pastedown of each volume. A very good set. Scudder produced this privately printed work in an elaborate fashion. It is one of the most important books about butterflies produced in the U.S. in the 19th century. The work illustrates the rapidly changing world of illustration technology, with finely executed chromolithographs by Thomas Sinclair and Julius Bien of Philadelphia, as well as more precise images in black and white using gelatin process photographs, photogravures, and electrotypes. BENNETT, p.96. McGRATH, pp.46, 148. REESE, STAMPED WITH A NATIONAL CHARACTER 106. Seller Inventory # WRCAM34008C
Title: THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...
Publisher: Published by the Author, Cambridge
Publication Date: 1889
Seller: Buchpark, Trebbin, Germany
Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 1028 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher. Seller Inventory # 30257007/2
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9781332470808
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Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9781528518185
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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9780265236833
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9781528518185
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Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9780266889915
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 560. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1889 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 3 Language: English Pages: 560 Volume 3. Seller Inventory # LB100156142721
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Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9780265236833
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Seller: Best Price, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: New. SUPER FAST SHIPPING. Seller Inventory # 9781360580296
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 794. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1889 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 794 Volume 1. Seller Inventory # LB100156142723
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