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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].
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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].
2 volumes, 8o (245 x 172 mm). 110 nature-printed plates mounted on 56 leaves, about 400 illustrations, some full-page (some minor offsetting). Contemporary red half morocco and marbled boards, spine in five compartments gilt lettered in one, rest with gilt butterflies stamped in centers (some fading to covers).
LIMITED EDITION, number 243 of 500 copies. "The colored 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. (2)
2 volumes, 8
LIMITED EDITION, number 243 of 500 copies. "The colored 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. (2)