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    • Madagascan Butterflies.- Butler (Arthur Gardiner) Autograph Letter signed to Algerina Peckover, 1877, "The Museum Collection is at present very poor in Lepidoptera of Madagascar."
      Jun. 13, 2024

      Madagascan Butterflies.- Butler (Arthur Gardiner) Autograph Letter signed to Algerina Peckover, 1877, "The Museum Collection is at present very poor in Lepidoptera of Madagascar."

      Est: £100 - £150

      Madagascan Butterflies.- Butler (Arthur Gardiner, entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist, 1844-1925) Autograph Letter signed to Algerina Peckover, 4pp., 8vo, British Museum, 18th August 1877, "I am extremely interested by your letter and that from Mr. Kingdon. The Museum Collection is at present very poor in Lepidoptera of Madagascar... Mr Kingdon cannot go wrong in collecting any Lepidoptera (especially Moths) that he can possibly obtain, since there are very few species which would not be new to us", folds. *** Abraham Kingdon (1845-1927), missionary in Madagascar; later a printer.

      Forum Auctions - UK
    • Arthur G Butler, et al, British Birds with their nests and eggs [1896-99] V
      Oct. 29, 2019

      Arthur G Butler, et al, British Birds with their nests and eggs [1896-99] V

      Est: £50 - £80

      Arthur G Butler, et al, British Birds with their nests and eggs [1896-99] Vols 2-6 only, illustrated by F. W. Frohawk, cloth spines. (Qty: 5)

      Gildings Auctioneers
    • Butler, Arthur Gardiner: Illustrations of Typical Specimens. 1877-93
      Oct. 20, 2011

      Butler, Arthur Gardiner: Illustrations of Typical Specimens. 1877-93

      Est: €1,800 - €2,500

      Butler, Arthur Gardiner. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of The British Museum. 9 Bände (alles Erschienene). Mit 176 kolorierten lithographierte Tafeln. 32 x 25 cm. Braune blindgeprägte Leinenbände d. Z. (Band I mit stärkeren Rückenschäden, Gelenke brüchig, Kapitale teils lädiert, Rücken mit Klebespur von entferntem Etikett, teils fleckig). London, The Trustees, 1877. Junk Rara 224: "complete copies of this beautiful work are rare." Nicht bei Nissen (vgl. aber ZBI 777ff.). Vollständige Reihe der Beschreibung und Abbildung der ebenso umfangreichen wie großartigen Sammlung der Schmetterlinge des British Museums von dem Entomologen Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844-1925) samt der das Werk fortführenden Darstellungen von George Francis Hampson (1860-1936). Die höchst prachtvollen Tafeln zeigen vor allem Hunderte von Schmetterlingen, aber auch Motten und Raupen in Originalgröße, lithographiert auf festem Karton und dann mit außergewöhnlich leuchtenden Aquarellfarben handkoloriert. Das Werk gliedert sich wie folgt: Band I-VII: Arthur Gardiner Butler. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of The British Museum - Band VIII: George Francis Hampson. The Lepidoptera heterocera of the Nilgiri districts. - Band IX: George Francis Hampson. The Macrolepidoptera heterocera of Ceylon. - Kollation: XIII, 62 S., XX Tafeln; X, 62 S., Tafel XXI-XL.; XVIII, 82 S., Tafel XLI-LX.; XI, 84 S., Tafel LXI-LXXVII; XII, 74 S., Tafel LXXVIII-C.; XV, 89 S., Tafel CI-CXX.; IV, 124 S., Tafel CXXI-CXXXVIII.; IV, 144 S., Tafel CXXXIX-CLVI.; V, 182 S., Tafel CLVII- CLXXVI. - Titel gestempelt, nur vereinzelt minimal fleckig, Tafeln teils gleichmäßig gering gebräunt, kaum Gebrauchsspuren, frisch und teils unaufgeschnitten.

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