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As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains. Boston: Bradlee Whidden, [1900].
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DENTON, Sherman Foote (1856-1937)
As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains. Boston: Bradlee Whidden, [1900].
Limited edition, number 288 of 500 copies. ‘The coloured plates, or Nature Prints, used in the work, are direct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterward colored by hand. ...it took a good deal of experimenting to so perfect the process as to make the transfers, on account of their fidelity to detail and their durability, fit for use as illustrations in such a work. And what magnificent illustrations they are, embodying all the beauty and perfection of the specimens themselves!’- preface, p. vi. Nissen ZBI 1079.
Two volumes, large octavo (250 x 170mm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, 10 nature-printed plates mounted on 56 leaves, about 400 illustrations, some full-page (some minor offsetting and occasional marginal finger soiling). 20th-century blue crushed morocco by MacLehose Glasgow, spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt (spines lightly rubbed).
As Nature Shows Them: Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains. Boston: Bradlee Whidden, [1900].
Limited edition, number 288 of 500 copies. ‘The coloured plates, or Nature Prints, used in the work, are direct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterward colored by hand. ...it took a good deal of experimenting to so perfect the process as to make the transfers, on account of their fidelity to detail and their durability, fit for use as illustrations in such a work. And what magnificent illustrations they are, embodying all the beauty and perfection of the specimens themselves!’- preface, p. vi. Nissen ZBI 1079.
Two volumes, large octavo (250 x 170mm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, 10 nature-printed plates mounted on 56 leaves, about 400 illustrations, some full-page (some minor offsetting and occasional marginal finger soiling). 20th-century blue crushed morocco by MacLehose Glasgow, spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt (spines lightly rubbed).
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