British Butterflies and Moths: An Introduction to the Study of Our Native Lepidoptera

Description:

First edition. Stainton described this work in the preface as ‘… more readable than the ‘Manual’, whilst the attraction of coloured plates, carefully engraved by E.W. Robinson, may prove an inducement with those who look at plates first, letterpress afterwards.’

Condition

small 8vo, orig. plum cloth, gt, spine faded, some minor wear. Several relevant press cuttings from the early years of the 20th century pasted to endpapers, half-title, and blank recto of frontispiece. Some foxing to tissue guards, otherwise clean. Previous owner's name to title.