A Natural History of British Moths. Vol. I-IV
- Publisher : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 132 hand-coloured plates
Description:
First edition. Complete in four volumes. Original and best issue; some later editions had inferior colouring. Text to Vol. IV begins on p. 5, and page is incorrectly headed 'Natural History of British Moths Vol. III'.
Nissen ZBI, 2893.
Condition
4 vols, 8vo, cont. half calf, rubbed/scuffed, some wear, particularly to the spine of Vol. IV, which is fragile to the bottom 5cm, with some loss of leather; leather title pieces to spines. Endpapers foxed/spotted. Foxing to some text and plates, with some sections more heavily affected, particularly at beginning an end, and to Vol. I. Paper browned. Occasional annotations to text.
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