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WARD, Christopher. African Lepidoptera, being Descriptions of New Species, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., [c.1870]. 4° (280 x 210mm). 18 lithographed plates, 12 hand-coloured (text defective, some browning). Later half green morocco gilt (edges rubbed, some scuffing), original green wrappers bound-in.

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WARD, Christopher. African Lepidoptera, being Descriptions of New Species, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., [c.1870]. 4° (280 x 210mm). 18 lithographed plates, 12 hand-coloured (text defective, some browning). Later half green morocco gilt (edges rubbed, some scuffing), original green wrappers bound-in.

With Roland Trimen's South African Butterflies: A Monograph of the Extra-Tropical Species (London, 1887-89, 3 vols.) and W. L. Sclater's The Mammals of South Africa (London, 1900, 2 vols.). The lot sold not subject to return.
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