The Natural History of Foreign Butterflies

by James Duncan

$450 · Offered by Thorn Books

First edition

Edinurgh: W. H. Lizars, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Item #18952 12mo. 206pp. Contemporary full red leather, gilt spine title, boards embossed in blind, gilt inner dentelles, yellow coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Billed as having 33 plates: there are 30 handcolored plates of butterflies one double, making 31 , an engraved title page with a handcolored vignette, and an

• Binding: Hardcover

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