Moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life

Title Variants

Alternative: As nature shows them
Alternative: Moths and butterflies of the United States

By

Denton, Sherman F. (Sherman Foote), 1856-1937

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Boston, Bradlee Whidden, 1900

Notes

Originally issued in 8 sections, and published 1897-1900. Pt. I: The moths; pt. II: The butterflies.

"The colored plates, or nature prints, used in the work, are direct transfers from the insects themselves: that is to say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterwards colored by hand."--Pref.

"A limited edition of 500 copies ..."

Contents: Part 1. The Moths -- part 2. The Butterflies.

Subjects

Butterflies , East (U.S.) , Lepidoptera , Moths , Nature prints , Specimens

Call Number

QL549 .D42 1900

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110987
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/00000047
OCLC: 6206253