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One hundred and twenty copper-plates of English moths and butterflies, representing their changes into the caterpillar, chrysalis, and fly states, and the plants, flowers and fruits whereon they feed ... With a natural history of the moths and butterflies ... to which is added an index of the insects and plants adapted to Linnaeus's system /
Benjamin Wilkes
Soulsby no.:
Post Soulsby no. 3956
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Publisher:
Printed for Benjamin Wilkes
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1773
Edition:
[2nd ed.].
Physical description:
8 p., [20 p.], 64 p., [4]p., 120 col. plates :
col. illus. ;
31 cm.
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Language(s):
English
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Lacking the dedication.
Contains printing signatures.
Copper plates drawn and etched by the author. Taken from drawings and paintings of J. A. Rosel, Georg Ehret and Jacobus Van Heysum. Plates are in the second part of the volume. In the First edition the plates are interleaved with the text.
Plate IX misnumbered XI.
Contains printing signatures.
Copper plates drawn and etched by the author. Taken from drawings and paintings of J. A. Rosel, Georg Ehret and Jacobus Van Heysum. Plates are in the second part of the volume. In the First edition the plates are interleaved with the text.
Plate IX misnumbered XI.
Contents notes:
Includes A catalogue of the moths, butterflies, and plants, in Wilkes's natural history, with their Linnaean names.
Provenance:
NHM ENTOMOLOGY - Bookplate of Lord Walsingham on front endpaper.
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Additional author(s):
Linné, Carl von,
1707-1778
1707-1778
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OPAC identifier:
9931741302081
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By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London)
NHM ENTOMOLOGY - pencil annotations identifying the volume as a 2nd ed.
NHM ENTOMOLOGY -Three quarter bound in green leather with gold lettering on spine.
LINNLINK
Lisney 169
2
NHM ENTOMOLOGY - pencil annotations identifying the volume as a 2nd ed.
NHM ENTOMOLOGY -Three quarter bound in green leather with gold lettering on spine.
LINNLINK
Lisney 169
2
Title details
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Uniform title:
Title:
One hundred and twenty copper-plates of English moths and butterflies, representing their changes into the caterpillar, chrysalis and fly states, and the Plants, Flowers and Fruits whereon they feed :
with a natural history of the moths and butterflies, describing the method of managing, preserving and feeding them ... To which is added an index of the Insects and Plants, adapted to Linnaeus's System /
Benjamin Wilkes
Soulsby no.:
Post Soulsby no. 3956
Edition details
Publisher:
Printed for R. N. Rose
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1824
Edition:
[3rd ed.].
Physical description:
viii[22]64[4]p. :
120 pls. col.
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Language(s):
English
Notes
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Text in this edition completely re-set and corrected, but the original blocks for the illustrations have been used. See Whalley, in: J. Soc. Bib. Nat. Hist., v.6, no.2, 1972: p.127.
Copper plates drawn and etched by the author. Taken from drawings and paintings of J. A. Rosel, Georg Ehret and Jacobus Van Heysum.
Includes A catalogue of the moths, butterflies, and plants, in Wilkes's natural history, with their Linnaean names.
Copper plates drawn and etched by the author. Taken from drawings and paintings of J. A. Rosel, Georg Ehret and Jacobus Van Heysum.
Includes A catalogue of the moths, butterflies, and plants, in Wilkes's natural history, with their Linnaean names.
Contents notes:
Provenance:
Title history:
Language notes:
With note:
Dissertation notes:
Subject:
Additional author(s):
Linné, Carl von,
1707-1778
1707-1778
Additional corporate author(s):
Additional title(s):
OPAC identifier:
9931742102081
Collective uniform title:
Summary notes:
Other notes:
By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London
Pencil annotations identifying volume as 3rd ed.
NHM ENTOMOLOGY - Three quarter red leather binding with marbled covers, endpapers and edges. Gilt lettering and tooling on spine.
LINNLINK
Lisney 170
2
Pencil annotations identifying volume as 3rd ed.
NHM ENTOMOLOGY - Three quarter red leather binding with marbled covers, endpapers and edges. Gilt lettering and tooling on spine.
LINNLINK
Lisney 170
2