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Lot 54
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$128
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[NATURAL HISTORY]. KIRBY, William Forsell (1844-1912). The Butterflies and Moths of Europe. London and New York: Cassell & Co. Ltd., [1903].
32 parts, 4to. 54 chromolithograph plates. Original pictorial wrappers printed in red (some edge wear).
[With:] KIRBY. European Butterflies and Moths. London and New York: Cassell & Co. Ltd., n.d. [1882?]. Part 16 only.
An early and significant work on etymology, first published in 1882 by William Kirby, a renowned entomologist who specialized in stick insects, naming nearly 70 species.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas