Genera of British Lepidoptera, Transferred from the Original Hand colored Figures, in 193 Plates of British Entomology

Lovell Reeve, 1858. First Edition. . Hardcover. Acceptable. Plates are black & white, not hand-colored. Original boards are fairly worn, with mild darkening to cover, some lighter staining to rear board and mottling along top edge of rear board. Front hinge cracked, resulting in separation of three pages from binding; these pages (title page and two index pages which are attached in a leaf) are laid in. Faint amount of damp staining toward bottom right page corners.

Title
The Genera of British Lepidoptera, Transferred from the Original Figures, in 193 Plates of British Entomology
Author
Curtis, John
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Acceptable
Quantity-Available
1
Edition
First Edition.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Lovell Reeve
Date Published
1858



iii, 21, (1), 298, 59 hand col plates. . HB. Roy. 8vo, orig. cont. half morocco, recased; raised bands + gilt tooling to spine compartments, teg, marbled boards and endpapers; some rubbing to boards and corners. Minor browning to a few plates; small stain to bottom edge of pp 177-198 and plates 41-44, not affecting text/illus. Occasional light foxing. Vg. New and Revised [2nd] edition, with supplement, containing figures of nearly two hundred newly discovered species, synoptic lists, etc. Hand-coloured illustrations by W. Wood