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THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. ENTOMOLOGY. Vol. III BRITISH BUTTERFLIES [Ex. Lib]
Published by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1835
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pp.xv , 246 plus advertising to the rear; engraved frontispiece plate of Werner; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 36 engraved plates of which 35 are beautifully hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, lightly creased to the base of the spine, binding firm. Contents good and tight, original green endpapers, scratch impressions to the reverse of plate 21, page 177 and 178, two library cancellation stamps and small pocket to the front pastedown, no other library marks, superb colour plates most with tissue guards present. A very good, very clean complete copy. Size: 12mo. Book.
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The Natural History of British Butterflies, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, Entomology, Vol III
Published by W H Lizars, S Highley et al, Edinburgh, 1835
Book First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A fair copy of the 1st edition of British Butterflies, vol III of Entomology from the Naturalist's Library edited by Sir William Jardine. In newer cloth binding with the original gilt titles pasted to the spine, with 34 plates of which 32 are hand coloured. With frontispiece portrait of Werner; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; advertisement; contents listing; Memoir of Werner; text 246 pp; and 2 plain plates and 32 hand coloured plates at the rear. The binding is a plain blue cloth which is clean and has turned corners. There is a decorative bookplate at the front pastedown endpaper and a bookseller's label on the fep. Internally the usual preliminaries (eg volume listing, half title) are missing, as is the publisher's listing from the rear. There is no tissue guard to the frontispiece and there is an old signature at the top of the vignette title page. Text pages are generally clean with very toned paper and some dog-earing to corners. The plate paper is lightly toned - particularly towards the edges and there is offsetting to tissue guards (two lack guards). A couple of the plates have a cropped bottom edge which does not affect the image - but does suggest that they may have come from another copy. Plate 31 has a crease affecting the lower side edge and bottom corner. Some corners and edges are a bit dog-eared and fragile.
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