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[Lepidoptera]. SAND (Maurice). The World of Butterflies, a s…
See original version (French)
173
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[Lepidoptera]. SAND (Maurice). The World of Butterflies, a s…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
[Lepidoptera]. SAND (Maurice). The World of Butterflies, a stroll through the fields by Maurice Sand, illustrated with 62 in-text drawings by the author, with a preface by George Sand, followed by the natural history of the Lepidoptera of Europe by A. DEPUISET, with 50 coloured plates. Paris, J. Rothschild publisher, 1867; large 8vo (28x23 cm), red half-shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, percaline covers (worn), gilt edges. Frontispiece and 222 pages, Part One. 156 pages and 49 colour plates (beautifully coloured), for the second part (heavy foxing on the text and minimal foxing on the colour plates, which are protected by protective sheets). Complete with frontispiece plates, plus 49 numbered plates.
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