British and European Butterflies and Moths (Macrolepidoptera).

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  • London:: Ernest Nister,, [1896].
By Kappel, August Wilhelm, & Kirby, W. Egmont.
4to, original red cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, illustrated with chromolithographed plates, xvi, 273 pp. Some minor rubbing and staining to covers, spine faded a bit, recased with new endpapers, slight aging; otherwise very good or better, with bright and clean plates. The key feature of this volume are the 30 chromolithographed plates after H. Deuchert & S. Slocumb. The plates are rather busy, but the color and brightness makes them very attractive. The plates picture over 300 different Lepidoptera.

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