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The Natural History of British Butterflies, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, Entomology, Vol III
by James Duncan, Sir William Jardine (editor)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W H Lizars, S Highley et al, 1835 A fair copy of the 1st edition of British Butterflies, vol III of Entomology from the Naturalist's Library edited by Sir William Jardine. In newer cloth binding with the original gilt titles pasted to the spine, with 34 plates of which 32 are hand coloured. With frontispiece portrait of Werner; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; advertisement; contents listing; Memoir of Werner; text 246 pp; and 2 plain plates and 32 hand coloured plates at the rear. The binding is a plain blue cloth which is clean and has turned corners. There is a decorative bookplate at the front pastedown endpaper and a bookseller's label on the fep. Internally the usual preliminaries (eg volume listing, half title) are missing, as is the publisher's listing from the rear. There is no tissue guard to the frontispiece and there is an old signature at the top of the vignette title page. Text pages are generally clean with very toned paper and some dog-earing to corners. The plate paper is lightly toned - particularly towards the edges and there is offsetting to tissue guards (two lack guards). A couple of the plates have a cropped bottom edge which does not affect the image - but does suggest that they may have come from another copy. Plate 31 has a crease affecting the lower side edge and bottom corner. Some corners and edges are a bit dog-eared and fragile.
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- Bookseller
- E C Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033241
- Title
- The Natural History of British Butterflies, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, Entomology, Vol III
- Author
- James Duncan, Sir William Jardine (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W H Lizars, S Highley et al
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1835
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jardine's Naturalist's Library; lepidoptera; british butterflies; victorian butterfly books
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY; Invertebrates;
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About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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