Natural History, with coloured plates, a collection, comprising Kirby, W.F.
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
Description
European Butterflies and Moths. Cassell, 1882. 4to, bound in 2 volumes, 61 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 1 uncoloured plate, later cloth, a few plates very slightly spotted, rubbed; Frohawk, F.W. Natural History of British Butterflies. Hutchinson, 1914. 2 volumes, folio, 60 coloured plates, original blue cloth, presentation inscription from R. and A. Waley Cohen to Wellesley House Library; Britten, James European Ferns. Cassell, [c.1880], 4to., 30 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, contemporary black half calf, red morocco label, a trifle rubbed; Kirby, W.F. The Butterflies and Moths of Europe. Cassell, 1903. 4to., 54 coloured plates, 1 uncoloured plate, later buckram, rubbed, joint split; Lowe, E.J. Beautiful Leaved Plants. London: Groombridge, 1864. 8vo, 60 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, contemporary blue half morocco gilt, t.e.g., a few plates slightly spotted, rubbed (7)