Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and Preserving British & Foreign Insects: Also for Collecting and Preserving Crustacea and Shells.

Ingpen, A.

Published by 2nd. Corr. Ed. Pub. William Smith. 1839

About this Item

pp.106 with hand coloured frontis., and 2 further hand coloured plates plus 2-page publisher s adverts. 16mo. Hardback. Some spotting to plate 3, o/w. contents fine. Original blindstamped green cloth boards gently bumped on corners and sunned on spine, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. Scarce. With chapters covering apparatus, collecting, preserving and displaying insects as well as collecting and preserving crustaceans, this is a charming survivor from a time when the study of the infinite variety of Nature was also the study of the Divine Hand of the Creator.

Seller Inventory # 62546

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and Preserving British & Foreign Insects: Also for Collecting and Preserving Crustacea and Shells.
• Publisher: 2nd. Corr. Ed. Pub. William Smith. 1839
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Entomology Monographs