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Les Papillons. Description de Leur Nature, de Leurs Moeurs et Habitudes
Not Stated
1844
Amedee Bedelet : Paris
6" by 9"
63pp
SUMMARY
A very scarce charming French volume on butterflies and their nature, beautifully illustrated with hand-coloured plates.
Colour Plates,Illustrated,Original Binding,Very Scarce
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
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DESCRIPTION
A very scarce work, in the original French.
Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and fifteen hand-coloured plates.
A concise educational work on the nature and habits of butterflies, looking into the different kinds of butterflies found around the world and their beauties.
The butterflies are exampled in this work through the beautiful and vivid colour plates.
Undated, dated from WorldCat.
Ink inscription of Holroyd Chaplin to the front paste down; Chaplin was a prosperous solicitor of the Victorian era.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's cloth wraps. Externally, generally smart, with light marks, mostly to the front wrap. Minor rubbing to the spine and extremities, with a couple of small chips to the front joint. Damp stain to the head of the wraps. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound, with some pages working loose. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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