DOUBLEDAY, Edward (1810-1849) et John Obadiah WESTWOOD (1805-1893). Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Their Generic Characters,...  Londres: Longman, Brown, Green, et Longmans, 1846-1852.
DOUBLEDAY, Edward (1810-1849) et John Obadiah WESTWOOD (1805-1893). Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Their Generic Characters,... Londres: Longman, Brown, Green, et Longmans, 1846-1852.

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DOUBLEDAY, Edward (1810-1849) et John Obadiah WESTWOOD (1805-1893). Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Their Generic Characters,... Londres: Longman, Brown, Green, et Longmans, 1846-1852.

2 volumes in-folio (365 x 262 mm). 86 lithographies, dont 85 coloriées à l'époque par William C. Hewitson et imprimées par Hullmandel & Watson. (Quelques rousseurs.) Reliure de l'époque, demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs ornés, tranches dorées (reliure frottée, plats de tome II tachés). Provenance: Gulielmus Bree (ex-libris aux contreplats) --W. W. Saunders (mention manuscrite au crayon au verso du premier feuillet de garde).

ÉDITION ORIGINALE de l'ouvrage le plus important de l'entomologiste anglais E. Doubleday. Il fut achevé, après sa mort, par John Obadiah Westwood. "The plan of investigation adopted by Mr Doubleday, by a most scrupulous examination not only of the part of the mouth, but also more especially of the feet and veins of the wings, was unquestionably the best adapted to remove the reproach made by Latreille, and to effect a satisfactory classification of the Diurnal Lepidoptera [...]" (Address, II ). On trouve, insérée dans le tome I, une lettre autographe signée de l'éditeur John van Voorst datée du 24 septembre 1873 "Paternoster Row" (une page in-12 sur un double feuillet) "[...] Mr Hewitson writes that the size of his Diurnal Lepidoptera is 15 2/10 inches, but he does not say whether this is the size bound or unbound [...]". Nissen ZBI 1150. (2)
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Doubleday's most important work on butterflies, published after his death by Westwood.

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