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The book of butterflies, sphinges, and moths : illustrated by one hundred and forty-four engravings coloured after nature / by Captain Thomas Brown ...

Accession number
PML 142462-64
Creator
Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862.
Published
London : Whittaker & Co. ; Edinburgh : Waugh & Innes, 1834.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Edinburgh: Printed by M. Aitken, 1, St. James's Square."--Vol. 1, half t.p. verso.
Illustrated with 144 plates and numerous wood engraved illustrations within the text.
Plates hand-colored as issued.
Vol. 1: xxxix, 220 p., 60 leaves of plates; v. 2: vii, 221 p., 61-96 [i.e. 36] leaves of plates; v. 3: ix, 222 p., 47, [1] leaves of plates.
Description
3 v. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 16 cm
Provenance
With the label of bookseller T.D. Thomson, 13 Upper King Street, Russell Square; gift inscription on front flyleaf to R.B. Turner, from his mother, Nov. 24, 1858; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's stamped red cloth.
Classification
Department