As nature shows them ; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountains /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
B. Whidden,
1900.
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| Item Description: | Originally issued in 8 sections, and published 1897-1900. Pt.I: The moths; pt.II: The butterflies. "A limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is copy number 70." "The colored plates, or nature prints, used in the work, are direct transfers from the insects themselves; ... the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterwards colored by hand." |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations, 56 plates ; 26 cm. |