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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Four works on insects
Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
EVANS, WILLIAM FREDERICK
British Libellulinae; or, Dragon Flies. London: Printed for private circulation by J. C. Bridgewater, 1845. First edition. Period cloth, recently rebacked. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (21.75 x 13.5 cm); 28 pp., 19 hand-colored lithographic plates and 2 uncolored litho plates. Rebacked as noted, binding a bit worn, neat annotations in ink and pencil; together with HARRIS, T.W. A Treatise on some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation. Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. Third edition. Publisher's cloth. (16 x 22 cm); xi, 640 pp.; 8 colored litho plates by A. Sonrel. Binding wear; [ibid, idem]. Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. "New edition." Publisher's cloth. (16 x 22 cm); xi, 640 pp.; 8 colored litho plates by A. Sonrel. Binding wear; and KONWICZKA, H. [Lepidoptera of Central Europe]. Moscow: V. M. Sablin, 1912. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. 9 x 6 3/8 inches (23 x 16 cm); 193 pp., 20 colored litho plates. Quite worn.
Four natural history works on insects; the work on the dragonflies is exceptionally rare, privately printed and with but a single copy at auction according to Rare Book Hub. Nissen, ZBI 1321.
Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
EVANS, WILLIAM FREDERICK
British Libellulinae; or, Dragon Flies. London: Printed for private circulation by J. C. Bridgewater, 1845. First edition. Period cloth, recently rebacked. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (21.75 x 13.5 cm); 28 pp., 19 hand-colored lithographic plates and 2 uncolored litho plates. Rebacked as noted, binding a bit worn, neat annotations in ink and pencil; together with HARRIS, T.W. A Treatise on some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation. Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. Third edition. Publisher's cloth. (16 x 22 cm); xi, 640 pp.; 8 colored litho plates by A. Sonrel. Binding wear; [ibid, idem]. Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. "New edition." Publisher's cloth. (16 x 22 cm); xi, 640 pp.; 8 colored litho plates by A. Sonrel. Binding wear; and KONWICZKA, H. [Lepidoptera of Central Europe]. Moscow: V. M. Sablin, 1912. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. 9 x 6 3/8 inches (23 x 16 cm); 193 pp., 20 colored litho plates. Quite worn.
Four natural history works on insects; the work on the dragonflies is exceptionally rare, privately printed and with but a single copy at auction according to Rare Book Hub. Nissen, ZBI 1321.
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