A HAND-BOOK TO THE ORDER LEPIDOPTERA [BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS] BY W.F. KIRBY 1896-97

A HAND-BOOK TO THE ORDER LEPIDOPTERA [BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS] BY W.F. KIRBY 1896-97

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[KIRBY, W. F.]. A Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera. London: Published by Edward Lloyd, 1896-1897.

First edition (Lloyd's Natural History Series). Six parts bound in three volumes. Cloth-bound. Hardcovers. Thick octavos (190 x 125 mm.). Vol. 1: pp. lxxiv, 261; xx, 332. Vol. 2: pp. xxvii, 308; xlii, 245. Vol. 3: xii, 332; vii, 312. Bound in publisher's original cloth with gilt titles to spines. Patterned endpapers. Half-titles present. Profusely illustrated b&w illustrations and colour plates. Indexes in double columns. Printed by Wyman and Sons. Condition: Binding tight, secure and square with hinges intact. Minor rubbing to extremities with some bumping to spine ends. Interiors near immaculate. Previous owner name stamped to fep's. Excellent and complete.

Notes: The Hand-Book to the Order of Lepidoptera was one of the foremost studies of the 19th-century on butterflies and moths. First published in 1896, this set was a culmination of Kirby's decades of studying moths and butterflies and is best known for feature 158 full-page illustrations of various Lepidoptera. This offering is complete with 5 parts over 3 volumes and also includes part 1 of Carnivora in volume 3.