Halford, F.M. Dry-fly Fishing.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Samson Low. 1889 pp.xii, 289 with plates. Some foxing at ends, o/w. contents very clean. In original boards showing some wear on corners. Overall a vg. copy.
£150.00 [ref: 38896]

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Humphreys, H.N. & Westwood, J.O. British Moths and Their Transformations.
Pub. W.S. Orr & Co. in 2 vols. 1851 pp.xiv, 256; xix, 266 with 124 hand coloured plates. Prelimns. and title pages foxed as is plate 124. Some rubbing to original cloth boards including corners. Spines re-laid with new endpapers.
£600.00 [ref: 35945]

Humphreys, H.N. and Westwood, J.O. British Butterflies and their Transformations.
Pub. William Smith. 1848 pp.xii, 139 with 42 hand-coloured plates and frontis. A little light foxing to several plates, otherwise the contents are beautifully clean. In original red cloth boards with most of the spine relaid and where not saved, a similar, new red cloth has been used. Some light marks to boards. Binding in very good condition.
These are quite magnificent plates. Chrysalis, caterpillar and imago are presented as far as they were known together with illustrations of their food plants.
£650.00 [ref: 35930]

Lewin, W. The Insects of Great Britain - with the natural history of each species. Vol. 1 (all published)
1st. Pub. J. Johnson. 1795 pp. 97, with 46 fine copper engraved, hand-coloured plates. Text in French and English. Contains loosely inserted pages describing each specimen on each plate, plus detailed description of Genus anatomy on free end papers in copper plate hand. Bound in half gilt decorated calf and marbelled boards. With some light wear to spine.
£2,200.00 [ref: 32171]

Seitz, A. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Volume 1. The Macrolepidoptera of the Palaearctic Fauna- Section 3 Noctuiform Phalaenae.
Pub. Fritz Lehmann Verlag- Stuttgart 1907 pp.468 with second volume containing 72 full page plates containing many hundreds of chromolithographed images. A fine copy in half morroco and cloth.
£425.00 [ref: 21139]

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Wood, W. Index Entomologicus; or complete illustrated catalogue of the Lepidoterous Insects of Great Britain.
Pub. William Wood. 1845 pp.xii, 266 with 54 hand coloured plates depicting 1944 figures of moths and butterflies. A fine copy re-bound in half morocco and cloth. Handsome.
£350.00 [ref: 26854]

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