Lot 470 , Catalogue of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 1852, with 13 coloured plates, and National Academy of Scie

Catalogue of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 1852, with 13 coloured plates, and National Academy of Sciences, vol VII - First Memoir - On the Bombycine Moths, 1895, with 37 coloured plates (2)
Estimate £60-90

Monograph - spine worn and tatty boards, rubbed at corners, 1948 inscription 'Purchased Quaritch' inner board, title page inscribed 'J-W-Tutt 189', even page discolouration.
Catalogue - spine worn, title page with inscribed name


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