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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

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Author:
Denton, Sherman F (Sherman Foote) 1856-1937  Search this
Former owner:
Bayer, Frederick M. DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v., [56] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Specimens
Place:
United States
Date:
1900
C1900
Notes:
Copyright held by Bradlee Whidden.
Paged continuously.
Originally issued in 8 sections, and published 1897-1900.
"This edition is limited to 50 copies for the United Kingdom"--Printed on slip on front paste-down of v.1.
"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."--Preface, p. vi.
Includes index.
Also available online.
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SCNHRB copy (v.1: 39088011698511; v.2: 390880116985520) is no. 9 of the limited edition.
SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Dr. Frederick M. Bayer.
SCNHRB copy has printed bookseller's label on front paste-down of v.2: R. Friedländer & Sohn ... Berlin.
SCNHRB copy bound in brown goatskin with gilt decorations; gilt spine with raised bands; marbled endpapers.
Contents:
Part I: The moths; part II: The butterflies
Topic:
Lepidoptera  Search this
Nature prints  Search this
Call number:
QL549 .D42 1900
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_777061