BROWN, Thomas. The Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths. London: Whitaker, Treacher and Co., 1832-34. 3 volumes, 8°. Engraved vignettes on titles, hand-coloured engraved plates, illustrations (some light browning and staining). Contemporary half calf, spines gilt (rather rubbed). Provenance : unidentified crowned armorial bookplate with motto "Forte Scutum Salus Ducum." With 2 other books of related interest, Samuel Hereman's Blight on Flowers; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Insects infesting the Flower Garden ... Vol. II. Gardener's Library (London, 1840) and J. O. Westwood's The Butterflies of Great Britain (London, 1854). (5)
BROWN, Thomas. The Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths. London: Whitaker, Treacher and Co., 1832-34. 3 volumes, 8°. Engraved vignettes on titles, hand-coloured engraved plates, illustrations (some light browning and staining). Contemporary half calf, spines gilt (rather rubbed). Provenance : unidentified crowned armorial bookplate with motto "Forte Scutum Salus Ducum." With 2 other books of related interest, Samuel Hereman's Blight on Flowers; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Insects infesting the Flower Garden ... Vol. II. Gardener's Library (London, 1840) and J. O. Westwood's The Butterflies of Great Britain (London, 1854). (5)
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