COLOR PLATE] NUS, EUGENE & MERAY, ANTONY. Les Papillons metamorphoses terrestres des peuples de lair. . Paris: Gabriel de Gonet, [1852]. First edition, with "1852" next to the printer's name "De Soye" at the end of both volumes. Two volumes, original decorative cloth of issue. 10 1/8 inches (26 cm); [2] ff., 232 pp., [2] ff.; [2] ff., 258 pp., [2] ff., with 35 hand-colored plates by Amedee Varin. Boards rehinged and rejointed, minor dampstain towards end of second volume. A charming and extremely scarce work, anthropomorphic butterflies in the manner of Grandville. C Estate of Karl Lunde
COLOR PLATE] NUS, EUGENE & MERAY, ANTONY. Les Papillons metamorphoses terrestres des peuples de lair. . Paris: Gabriel de Gonet, [1852]. First edition, with "1852" next to the printer's name "De Soye" at the end of both volumes. Two volumes, original decorative cloth of issue. 10 1/8 inches (26 cm); [2] ff., 232 pp., [2] ff.; [2] ff., 258 pp., [2] ff., with 35 hand-colored plates by Amedee Varin. Boards rehinged and rejointed, minor dampstain towards end of second volume. A charming and extremely scarce work, anthropomorphic butterflies in the manner of Grandville. C Estate of Karl Lunde
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