Iconotypes A compendium of butterflies and moths. Jones Icones Complete /anglais by OXFORD UNIVERSITY MU - 11/9/2021 12:00:01 A

THAMES HUDSON. New. Brand New.

Hardback. New. An enhanced facsimile of Jones's Icones, one of the most scientifically important and visually stunning works on butterflies and moths ever created.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; An enhanced facsimile of Jones's Icones, one of the most scientifically important and visually stunning works on butterflies and moths ever created.

Hardback. New.

Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2021. Hardcover. New. 01 edition. 688 pages. 10.12x7.83x2.32 inches.

Thames & Hudson, 2021. 688, 1600 col illus. 252x188mm. HB. NEW. . Jones's Icones contains finely delineated paintings of more than 760 species of Lepidoptera, many of which it described for the first time, marking a critical moment in the study of natural history. With <i>Iconotypes</i> Jones's seminal work is published for the first time, accompanied by expert commentary and contextual essays, and featuring annotated maps showing the location of each species. Jones painted the species between the early 1780s and 1800, drawing from his own collection and the collections of Joseph Banks, Dru Drury, Sir James Edward Smith, John Francillon, the British Museum and the Linnean Society. For every specimen painting he provided a species name, the collection from which it was taken and the geographical location in which it was found. In 1787, during a visit to London, the Danish scientist Johann Christian Fabricius studied Jones's paintings and based 231 species of butterfly and… Read More