Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères d'Europe.

LUCAS, Pierre Hyppolyte

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Paris, F. Savy, 1864

8vo: [4]-288 pp. (spotting throughout).

Green cloth (corners sl. bumped), blindst. covers, flat spine. Good copy.

Second edition of this attractive work on European butterflies by the French entomologist and assistant at the French National Museum of Natural History P.-H. Lucas (1814-1899) orig. publ. in instalments. Illustr. with an engr. title, 80 hand-coloured engr. pl. by Pauquet after A.N. Noël and 2 pl. in b/w. Catalogue of the Savy library bound in at the end. Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 2580. - Bn-Opale plus. Prov. Bookseller's ticket.