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Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)
$165.00

Common British Beetles | Hand-Colored Plates (c.1870s-1880s)

A striking example of Victorian entomological literature, Common British Beetles by Rev. J.G. Wood offers both scientific and visual insight. This edition, published by George Routledge & Sons,, London (circa 1870s–1880s), features numerous full-page hand-colored plates alongside wood engravings and detailed descriptions of beetle species found across Britain.


Original red cloth binding with elaborate gilt and black decoration of gilt beetle motif and stylized borders to cover and spine. Illustrated with full-page hand-colored plates of beetles + in-text illustrations by E. Smith and T.W. Wood. Binding sound. Minor edge wear to boards. Minor foxing to some plate margins.

Condition: Very Good  

Size: 4 1/4” x 6 1/2”

A rich source for naturalists and collectors of entomology, nature illustration, or decorative 19th-century bindings.
  

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