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GRAY, George Robert (1808-1872)
Descriptions and Figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal. London: E. Newman for Longman, Brown, Green & Longman, 1846.
Rare publication; the plates for this work were prepared in 1833 from drawings in the collection of Major-General Thomas Hardwicke (1755-1835). The work itself was intended to be the first part of a larger work with sections on the ornithology of China, the spiders of Nepal, the fungi of Nepal, etc. - only the present work was ever published. BM(NH) II, p.711 (calling for 15 plates); Horn-Schenkling 8390; Nissen ZBI 1685 (15 plates).
Octavo (216 x 131mm). 16 plates, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates by Waterhouse Hawkins 10 after Hayes, 2 uncoloured lithographs (light offsetting of plate 1 onto letterpress leaf, the lithographic plates spotted.) 19th-century red roan-backed green marbled paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt (spine chipped at head and foot and beginning to split). Provenance: T. J Dillon (bookplate).
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GRAY, George Robert (1808-1872)
Descriptions and Figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal. London: E. Newman for Longman, Brown, Green & Longman, 1846.
Rare publication; the plates for this work were prepared in 1833 from drawings in the collection of Major-General Thomas Hardwicke (1755-1835). The work itself was intended to be the first part of a larger work with sections on the ornithology of China, the spiders of Nepal, the fungi of Nepal, etc. - only the present work was ever published. BM(NH) II, p.711 (calling for 15 plates); Horn-Schenkling 8390; Nissen ZBI 1685 (15 plates).
Octavo (216 x 131mm). 16 plates, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates by Waterhouse Hawkins 10 after Hayes, 2 uncoloured lithographs (light offsetting of plate 1 onto letterpress leaf, the lithographic plates spotted.) 19th-century red roan-backed green marbled paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt (spine chipped at head and foot and beginning to split). Provenance: T. J Dillon (bookplate).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
No VAT is payable on the hammer price or the buyer's premium for this lot. Please see the VAT Symbols and Explanation section of the Conditions of Sale for further information
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