cover image: Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal / by George Robert Gray

Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal / by George Robert Gray

1846

"The following figures were selected from General Hardwicke's collection of drawings"--Cf. Pref., p. [3]. Preface signed: John Edward Gray. Plates are signed: Hawkins, W. Hawkins or B.W. Hawkins, sculp & col. Colophon: E. Newman, printer. Plates, except for nos. 15 & 16, are hand-colored. Also available online. Elecresource SCNHRB has two copies. SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013484456) has bookplate: Collection of William Schaus, presented to the National Museum, MCMV. SCNHRB c. 1 inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: Presented to W. Schaus by Paul Daguin Febr. 1921. SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [ms. acc. no.] C250613. SCNHRB c. 1 quarter bound in marbled paper boards and brown leather, title in gilt on spine, yellow endpapers. SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013484498) has bookplate: Collection of William Schaus, presented to the National Museum, MCMV. SCNHRB c. 2 blind-embossed on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [ms. acc. no.] 199698. SCNHRB c. 2 bound in plain brown pebbled cloth, title in gilt on spine, yellow endpapers; book dealer's stamp on front paste-down: Paul Klincksieck, Paris.
animals insects insecta butterflies lepidoptera collection and preservation arthropoda animalia gray, john edward schaus, william gray, george robert hardwicke, thomas butterflies--collection and preservation daguin, paul

Authors

Gray, George Robert 1808-1872, Gray, John Edward 1800-1875, Daguin, Paul DSI, Schaus, William 1859-1942 DSI, Hardwicke, Thomas d. 1835

Dates
1846
Format
16 p., 16 leaves of plates : ill. (engravings, lithographs) ; 22 cm
Place Discussed
Nepal
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Nepal
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f859e5c171e77a5478bef92dc5585e92

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