European Butterflies and Moths by Kirby W,F

London: Cassell, 1898. xvi, lvi, 427, 1 plain + 61 fine hand-col plates. . HB. 4to, cont. blue cloth with embossed snakeskin pattern, spine fades, with some wear. Withdrawn from a reference library with bookplate to both endpapers, ink stamp to blank verso of plates. The fine hand-coloured plates clean and bright.. Third edition (first published 1882)..

Cassell, 1882. 28.0 x 21.0 cm. Pp. lvi, 427, 61 hand coloured plates, one un-coloured. Contemporary 1/2 morocco, gilt lettering. extremities rather rubbed, sporadic foxing but most plates clean, owner's details on first blank.. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

London, Cassell and Company Ltd. 1898 Hardcover, First edition, Two volume set , each book in quarter leather bindings no dustjacket. A total of 427 pages with 61 hand-coloured plates as called for. With a systematic arrangement of families and genera . Originally published in one volume . This has been bound in two volumes so only volume 1 has a title page.A Very Good set with very light handling wear to fawn cloth and very light foxing to early pages and end-papers, but not affecting plates. No inscriptions but with a previous owners name or binders name stamped into spine leather on both volumes.Pictures available.

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1882. xvi, lvi, 427, 61 hand-col + 1 plain plate. . HB. 4to, nicely rebound in later half morocco, gilt to spine, marbled boards, new endpapers. Owner's name in pencil to title page. Occasional neat pencil annotations (names of plants or insects) to plates. Vg.. First edition. Based upon Berge's 'Schmetterlingsbuch'..

London : Cassell and Company, 1889. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 8.5". Not Stated. A second edition colour illustrated copy of this extensive handbook of European Butterflies and Moths in the original binding. A second edition copy of European Butterflies and Moths by W. F. Kirby based upon Berge's Schmetterlingsbuh. Beautiful stone tinted and hand coloured plates. This work is designed to provide entomologists and tourists with a comprehensive illustrated guide to the study of European moths and butterflies. With sixty-one hand coloured (with stone tinting) coloured plates and one black and white plate. Collated, complete.Eight pages of adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With marks to the boards and fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to the hinges. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good