Privately printed for the author at the Chiswick Press, London, first edition, 1960. Limited edition of 500 copies. Cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo, 25 cm,. xviii, 315 pp, 40 ills. 419 entries. Contains a wealth of information, with a short biographical introduction for each author and very detailed descriptions of the works. Some 43 authors are included, among them John Ray, Robert Hooke, Martin Lister, Carl Linnaeus and George Crabbe, A little sunned around spine, edges slightly spotted, otherwise Very Good.

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Bookseller: Wykeham Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BIBLIO-28049
Title: A Bibliography of British Lepidoptera 1608-1799
Author: Lisney, A.A
Format/Binding: Cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo, 25 cm,
Book Condition: Used - A little sunned around spine, edges slightly spotted, otherwise Very Good
Edition: Limited edition of 500 copies
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Privately printed for the author at the Chiswick Press, London, first edition, 1960
Date Published: 1960
Pages: xviii, 315 pp, 40 ills
Keywords: 17th 18th century butterfly butterflies lepidoptera entomology science scientists entomologists
Bookseller catalogs: Natural History (Bibliographies);

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Device: Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...