Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Scotland

Description:

'By Andrew Murray of Conland, W.S. … Aided by the Rev. William Little, Messieurs James Hardy, Robt. Hislop, John T. Syme, Dr W.H. Lowe and other Scottish Entomologists.' 'The following catalogue has been undertaken, not solely with the view of recording some additions to the Insect Fauna of Scotland, but also with the intention of correcting the synonymy of some of the species which have been established on the authority of our great British Entomological authors ...' - Preface. A synonymic catalogue, with notes on locations, habitats, occurrence and collector. Very scarce. This copy with text printed one side of sheet only (probably intended for use as a label list). Other copies we have seen are not printed in this way.

Horn-Schenkling, 15859.

Condition

8vo, unsophisticated copy in orig. cloth-covered boards, some minor wear, spine faded. Occasional neat marginal markings/annotations, a few relating to Scottish localities in the 1880s. Owner's name (Horace R. Last) to endpaper and titlepage. Horace Last (1908-1995), was a British coleopterist, with a particular interest in the Staphylinidae, of which he built up an extensive worldwide specimen collection, now housed at Manchester Museum.