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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Dustwrapper, 4to, pp.432. Illustrated with 42 colour plates and well over 150 black and white illustrations, Additional material by Peter Marren and Basil Harley. Bibliography. Well illustrated study of butterfly collecting and its history in Britain, the equipment used, over 100 lepidopterists biographies, and of course the butterflies themselves. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A heavy book weighing c1950g when suitably parcelled, thus exceeding the default weight of 1000g for the postage quotation, and invoking a request for the extra postage at cost at time of order ( or can be supplied on request ) if to be sent overseas or by UK 1st class post Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Very good. Liberally laced with contemporary quotations, this book brings to life the past three hundred years of butterfly study, with details of early societies, collecting equipment, biographies of 101 deceased lepidopterists, with portraits where available, as well as the chequered history in Britain of some 35 species of butterfly.
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New. A history of British butterflies cannot be separated from that of their collectors, since our knowledge of them is the result of four hundred years of collection and study. A mere fifty years ago many now uncommon species were widespread and abundant-their subsequent seemingly irreversible decline owing more to changes in land management and the environment than to past collecting. However, given the present state of butterfly populations, indiscriminate collecting can no longer be justified. This thoroughly researched, highly informative and enjoyable book includes a short history of butterfly collecting in Britain and of the equipment used; brief biographies of 101 deceased lepidopterists, generously laced with anecdotes and quotations, and many contemporary monochrome portraits; accounts of selected species of historical interest; and an appraisal of the effect of collecting and of current conservation policies. Appendixes list all the British and Irish butterflies with their earlier, often confusing and sometimes fanciful, vernacular names; and provide a chronological account of entomological societies, publications and significant events in the canon of British entomology. The work concludes with a comprehensive Bibliography and Index. In addition to colour photographs of historic specimens, an outstanding feature of the book is the superlative colour plates and text figures of butterflies by nineteen artists of the past from Petiver to Frohawk-some never previously reproduced-which enhance the text and add greatly to its historical perspective.
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Like New. Size: 8x1x10; 432 pages. Few color and numerous black & white illustrations. A new unread copy. U.S. orders are shipped from our Lewiston, New York location.
