Index Entomologies; or, a Complete Illustrated Catalogue, Consisting of 1944 Figures, of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain

Name: Index Entomologies; or, a Complete Illustrated Catalogue, Consisting of 1944 Figures, of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain
Price: 275 GBP
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Author: William Wood

by William Wood

£275 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: William Wood, 1839. Entomology FIRST EDITION. Octavo in half-sheets 22 x 15cm , pp. 4 xii; 266; 108, coloured plates 4 . Complete with 54 hand-coloured plates. Contemporary green half morocco, shell marbled paper over gilt-ruled boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Gilt titles, gilt tooling, and raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Some light offsetting from plates. Gutter visible between pg.266 and first plate. Internally clean albeit some

Binding: Leather

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