Every-Day Butterflies; A Group of Biographies

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard

Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1899

About this Item

8vo. [3], iv-vi, [3], 2-391, [1] -12 (advertisements for other works on butterflies by Samuel L. Scudder) pp. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and front board. Illustrated by a frontispiece, eight coloured plates beautifully illustrating the different species of butterflies discussed by Scudder, and by additional black and white illustrations. Scudder published prolifically during his lifetime, with over one-hundred papers and books on American zoology. His work on insects, fossils, and snails contributed greatly to zoology and its science in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scudder was a librarian at Harvard and the President of the Boston Society of Natural History ("Samuel Hubbard Scudder: A Biographical Memoir", Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, National Academy of Sciences). One plate lacking its tissue guard, with mild discoloration to the exterior, small tear to bottom of free front endpaper near gutter with evidence of minor repair. Seller Inventory # 00008163

Bibliographic Details

Title: Every-Day Butterflies; A Group of Biographies

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston

Publication Date: 1899

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First printing.