Leech, John Henry (1862-1900) Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea. London: Porter, 1892-1894. First edition, three large quarto volumes, the third containing forty-three full-page colored plates of butterflies, bound in half blue buckram and marbled paper boards, original limp covers bound in at the end of the plate volume, text volumes mostly unopened; bookplate and signature inside front board, flyleaves discolored; inked ownership stamp on head and foot of page edges in all volumes, volume one with a bruise to the front board, 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.
Leech, John Henry (1862-1900) Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea. London: Porter, 1892-1894. First edition, three large quarto volumes, the third containing forty-three full-page colored plates of butterflies, bound in half blue buckram and marbled paper boards, original limp covers bound in at the end of the plate volume, text volumes mostly unopened; bookplate and signature inside front board, flyleaves discolored; inked ownership stamp on head and foot of page edges in all volumes, volume one with a bruise to the front board, 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.
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