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Catalog Number |
1976.1.1592.4 |
Author / Creator |
Holland, W.J. |
Title |
THE BUTTERFLY BOOK A POPULAR GUIDE TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA |
Published Date |
1903 |
Publisher |
Doubleday, Page & Company |
Description of Contents |
This book by W.J. Holland is part of at least a 12 title series called THE NATURE LIBRARY (sometimes called the New Nature Library) published in several editions and added to over time by Doubleday. Series and volume numbers seem to change with each year of publication. Prominent horticulturalists, arborists, ornithologists, ichthyologists, mycologists, and lepidopterists contributed to the THE NATURE LIBRARY. THE BUTTERFLY BOOK is more modest in its title than most in the series. Although written by a prominent academic and butterfly authority, the book is very readable. It covers methods to attain, identify, and preserve butterflies, and is illustrated with the most beautiful coloured plates which are indicated to be reproductions of specimens in the author's personal collection. Exhibited Summer 2018. |
Physical Description |
Measures approximately 7 1/2" wide; 10" tall; and 1 3/4" deep. The book contains 382 pages printed on heavy cream stock. Its heft is substantial. Front and back boards are covered with fine-grained glazed green linen, bound with coarser red leather detailing. The spine is covered in that same red material; this wraps around the front and back boards. There is no printing on the front cover. The spine is printed in gilded lettering with the title, author's surname, and publisher's name, accessorized with horizontal gilded bands. Endpapers are a marbleized green and gold with cream veining as is characteristic of the series. Extensively indexed and illustrated with line drawings within the text and 48 stunning coloured plates. |
Condition |
Good |
Search Terms |
Book Non-Fiction Botany Botanical Science Nature Insect Butterfly Butterfly Nets |
Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Object Name |
Book |
Number of images |
6 |