As nature shows them :
moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life /
by Sherman F. Denton.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Boston : J.B. Millet, c1900.
- Note
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"The [56] 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."
"A limited edition of 500 copies."
Originally issued in 8 sections, and published 1897-1900. Part I: The moths; part II: The butterflies.
Paged continuously.
- Physical Description
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2 v. :
ill. ;
25 cm.
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