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JOHN CURTIS (1791-1862)
British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, London: for the Author, 1824-1840. 15 volumes only (of 16, lacking vol. IV). 8° (246 x 150mm). 722 hand-coloured engraved plates only. (Lacking plates 6 and 147-194, occasional light spotting). Contemporary cloth (sunfaded and rubbed, label on vol. one missing and partly torn away on vols. III and V).
FIRST EDITION. Brunet II, 447; Nissen ZBI 1000. The plates are organized systematically by order and family, rather than numerically as issued. Each plate includes a representation of a British native plant, and in many cases the various juvenile stages of the insect. With William Kirby & William Spence's An Introduction to Entomology: or, elements of the natural history of insects (London, 1828, 4 vols., fifth edition). (19)
British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, London: for the Author, 1824-1840. 15 volumes only (of 16, lacking vol. IV). 8° (246 x 150mm). 722 hand-coloured engraved plates only. (Lacking plates 6 and 147-194, occasional light spotting). Contemporary cloth (sunfaded and rubbed, label on vol. one missing and partly torn away on vols. III and V).
FIRST EDITION. Brunet II, 447; Nissen ZBI 1000. The plates are organized systematically by order and family, rather than numerically as issued. Each plate includes a representation of a British native plant, and in many cases the various juvenile stages of the insect. With William Kirby & William Spence's An Introduction to Entomology: or, elements of the natural history of insects (London, 1828, 4 vols., fifth edition). (19)
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