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E. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin. 
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J. W. Lewin, Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of 
New South Wales. London, Bolite, 1822. 4. YI and 19 pg. 
with 19 plates, coloured by hand. (Publ. at 2 2 sh.) 
Original binding, half calf. M. 60, — 
Collation ; Title. Table of Contents. Dedications. Preface. Text. — Plates: 
Frontispiece (Delias Harpalyce) without letterpress. Plates i — 18. 
Lewin, better known by bis greater ornithological works (Birds of Great 
Britain, Birds of New South Wales), who had spent nearly 8 years in New 
South Wales in the pursuit of Ornithology and Entomology has given in that 
work plates of 19 butterflies which were then new. The book is remarkable as 
being the first where Lepidopterous Insects as destroyers of wood and trees are 
recognised, described and figured. 
The plates are engraved and painted in Sydney by the author himself. 
Each Speeles is figured with its larva and foodplant. The figures though not 
excellent from an artistic point of view are yet extremely truthful. The back- 
ground is coloured too. Also the text is by the author, not by M.c Leay as 
Free man (in his Life of W. Kirby) asserts. 
The work is a literal reprint of a former edition (which is the only one 
known to En gel mann), published in 1805 under the title: Prodromus of En- 
tomology, or natural history of the Lepid. etc. (Publ. Price 1 £ h and — on 
large paper — 2 £,) That 1. edition however does not contain the frontispiece. \ 
Out of print. Was reduced in price some time ago, when Mr. B o h n j 
had acquired the rest of its edition, but has become very rare since. In 1874 
Qua rite h marked the 1. edition on large paper 36 sh., the 2. edition 28 sh. 
J. 0. Westwood, The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology; being 
a selection of tbe rarer and more beautiful species of In- 
sects, natives of India and the adjacent Islands. London, 
Smitb, 1848. 2 and 88 pg. with 42 coloured plates (sign. 
1_42). (Pabl. at 2 9 sh.) M. 150,— 
Has been published in 14 monthly pärts, each containing 3 plates with letterpress, at the price 
of 3 s. 6 d. 
Collation of Plates: Lepidoptera 20, Coleoptera 12, Orthoptera 6, Hemiptera 2, Diptera 1, Neuroptera 1. 
