Title
Psyche : Figures of non-descript lepidopterous insects, or rare moths and butterflies from different parts of the world
Title Variants
Alternative:
Figures of non descript lepidopterous insects, or rare moths and butterflies from different parts of the world
Alternative:
Figures of non-descript moths, and butterflies, from different parts of the world
Alternative:
Psyche
Translated:
Figures des insectes lépidoptères des différentes parties du globe
By
Martyn, Thomas, 1735-1825
Cooper and Graham,
, printer
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, [s.n.], 1797
Notes
Title-page engraved. Imprint in both English and French.
"The mode of issue and dates of publication are obscure."--Wheldon & Wesley, cat. n.s. no. 164 (1984), item no. 67.
Most copies lack the text portion, which includes an introduction to the work and a description of the Lepidoptera depicted on plates 1-4, both in English and in French.
The prospectus for Psyche appears as an advertisement printed on p. [2] of the original paper wrappers issued with the individual parts.
The plates are chiefly proofs before letters. The first four plates are numbered 1-4, with internal figures 1-10 (1, 5 not marked); the next two plates are unnumbered but with internal figures 17, 18, 19 and l4, l5, [16] (or 13?); all other plates are without letterpress. All plates are interleaved with blanks.
The wrappers (and text?) were printed by Cooper and Graham.
"A revised census of the known copies of T. Martyn's Psyche, 1797", by Frances J. Griffin and Howard K. Swann, in Archives of natural history, | v. 12, no. 2 (1985), p. 213-217, item no. 24
"A census of the known copies of 'Martyn (T) Psyche' 1797", by Frances J. Griffin and C.D. Sherborn, in the Library Association record series, | 3 (1): p. 192-196
Lisney, A.A. Bib. of British Lepidoptera, | p. xiv
"Note on Thomas Martyn's Psyche, 1797", by C.D. Sherborn, in Annals of mag. of nat. hist., | series 7, no. 1 (1898), p. 106-108
Wheldon & Wesley Ltd. Catalogue, | n.s. no. 100 (1963), item no. 800 (describing this copy)
Wheldon & Wesley Ltd. Catalogue, | n.s. no. 164 (1984), item no. 67
Subjects
Early works to 1800
,
Lepidoptera
,
Pictorial works
Call Number
QL543 .M37 1797
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.132941
OCLC:
32783545
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51407636
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