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Curtis's ' Illustrations and Descriptions of the Lepidoptera found in 

 Great Britain and Ireland.' 193 coloured plates (1862). — Has been 

 offered at £9 12s. 6''. 



Curtis (J.). ' British Entomology : Illustrations and Descriptions of 

 the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland.' 770 

 coloured plates. Sixteen volumes bound in eight (1862). — The 

 above was published at £28. It is sometimes quoted in catalogues 

 at about £21. The original edition was published 1824-1839, and 

 copies are occasionally offered at from £16 to £20. There is still 

 another edition, with the contents systematically arranged. This 

 is dated 1823-1840; and the present price is £21. 



Donovan (E.). ' Natural History of British Insects.' Ten volumes. 

 Demy 8vo. With 360 coloured plates (1782-1801). — A picked copy, 

 bound half-morocco, is quoted at £3 3s. Another edition, sixteen 

 volumes, large 8vo, date 1802-1813, with nearly 600 coloured plates, 

 is offered in a catalogue for this year at £5 10s. and £6 Gs. per copy. 



Duncan (J.). 'Natural History of British Butterflies.' 12mo. Thirty- 

 four coloured plates. Date 1835. Price from 3s. to 6s. — About the 

 same figures seem to rule for the volume on ' Moths ' by this author, 

 which was published in 1836. 



'Entomological Magazine,' The. (Edited by E. Newman.) Five 

 volumes. 8vo. With woodcuts and plates. Date 1832-1838. — 

 Sets of this periodical are now rather scarce, and are quoted at from 

 £2 15s. to £3 10s. 



' Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' The. (Edited by H. T. 

 Stainton.) The first number was published in 1856; and the last, 

 concluding vol. x., in 1861. — Complete bound sets range in price 

 from £2 2s. to £3 3s. 



'Entomologist,' The Weekly. (T. Blackburn.) Date 1862-1863.— 

 Does not appear in any catalogue that I have had an opportunity of 

 seeing. 



Harris (Moses). ' An Exposition of English Insects.' Date 1782. A 

 4to volume. With thirty-one copper-plates, coloured. Sometimes 

 offered at £1 ; but in a catalogue of this year's date the price is 

 £1 10s. for a nicely-bound copy. — An earlier work (1776), bearing 

 the above title, with eleven coloured plates and a frontispiece, has 

 been several times quoted in the catalogues of a foreign bookseller at 

 4 marks. 



Haworth. ' Lepidoptera Britannica.' Date 1828. 8vo, calf gilt. 

 Quoted at 6s. — In a German list for 1891, vols, i., ii., and iv. 

 (1803-1828) were offered for 18 marks; and the " Prodromus " for 

 2^- marks. 



Humphreys (H. N.). 'Genera of British Moths.' With sixty-two 

 coloured plates (1861). Present price from £1 5s. to £2 2s. — ' The 

 Genera and Species of British Butterflies,' with thirty-two coloured 

 plates, by the same author (1868), may be obtained at Gs. 



Humphreys (H. N.) and Westwood (J. O.). 'British Butterflies and 

 their Transformations.' Forty-two coloured plates. 4to. (1841.) — 

 Quoted at £2 2s. Another edition (1848) is priced at £1 10s. 



Humphreys (H. N.) and Westwood (J. 0.). ' British Moths and their 

 Transformations.' Two volumes. With 124 coloured plates. 

 (1843-1845.)— This edition is offered at £5 10s.; but the 1849 



