AS NATURE SHOWS THEM, MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES OF THE UNITED STATES EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

by Color Plate Books, Sherman Foote Denton, Lepidoptera

$4,800 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Boston: J. B. Millet Company, 1900 . 256 x 181 mm. 10 x 7 1/8 . Two volumes. No. 306 OF 500 COPIES. Very attractive contemporary olive green morocco, covers with gilt border incorporating an elaborate cornerpiece design of a butterfly; raised bands, expertly rebacked preserving original backstrips, spines gilt in compartments with lacy frames enclosing a large central

• Binding: Leather

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