Prodromus Entomology. Or, A Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales

Melbourne, Edition Renard, 2007 (facsimile edition)/ 1805 and 1822. Quarto, [viii], viii, 56 pages plus an errata slip and 19 colour plates, each with a facing blank leaf. Antique-style half leather and marbled boards, with a printed title-label mounted on the front cover and contrasting morocco lettering-piece to the spine; all edges dyed yellow; covers very lightly rubbed; a fine copy. Never before reprinted, and strictly limited to a total of only 212 numbered copies (of which 200 were for sale) in three different versions. This copy is number 48, one of only 70 copies of the deluxe edition bound 'in half leather, with hand marbled papered boards and plain interleaves in close facsimile of the superior second issue [of the second edition]'. Pages 21-56 comprise historical, bibliographical and publication notes; scientific names of Lewin's lepidoptera; a partial census of known copies; and acknowledgements (with an erratum slip tipped in at page 55).