Hoffman Ernst Spuler Arnold (1 results)

Condition: Very Good. Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, 1908-10. 4to. (8),+ CXXVII,+ (1),+ 385,+ (7); (6),+ 523,+ (5) pp; (6),+ (190) pp.+ 95 chromolithographic plates; XVI,+ (2),+ (120) pp. 60 chromolithographic plates. A few plates with minor foxing. The first text part with small stain in upper corner through the second half. Publ. richly deocorated cloth. Four volumes, volume three with tear at hinges. Nissen, ZBI 1973a-1974. Complete with the fourth part ?Die Raupen der Schmetterlinge Europas? and with a total 155 colour plates. Third and best edition of Ernst Hofmann's important work on the European Lepidoptera, edited by the German entomologist Arnold Spuler (1869-1937). ?Die Raupen? is in the second edition. The first two volumes provide descriptions of different butterfly-families and species, while the third contains all the plates depicting the butterflies, both male and female, with their wings opened and closed. Hardcover / Hardback.…