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Author:
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A. Spuler (after Prof. E. Hoffman, and with Assistance from Fischer, Fuchs, Rebel, et al.)
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Title:
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Die Schmetterlinge Europas (Bd. 1- 4) Dritte Auflage von E.Hofmanns Werk: Die Groß-Schmetterlinge Europas, Bd. 4: Die Raupen Der Schmetterlinge Europas.
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Description:
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Book is Very Good in no dust jacket. Pictorial Cloth binding, third edition,
E.Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1910. Four volumes. General wear at spine ends otherwise a decent set. Volume I. has a crack in the binding at the title page, but is otherwise sound and tight, with clean, dry-smelling pages, free of foxing. Vol. I has clear, bright decorations on the front panel, and some shelf wear at the head and foot of the spine, including two small, (5mm) tears. Vol. II is similar to Vol. I, save that three or four pages have very small marks in the margins. Also, Vol. II has more shelf wear and has a narrow, 7cm split in the cloth over the rear spine hinge. This looks untidy, but is harmless. The binding of Vol. III is sound, but slightly relaxed. The signatures, and individual pages are firmly in place, and there they will stay, but there are a few places where you can see the stitches that hold the binding. About a dozen pages in Vol. III have occasional small foxing spots in the margins. The lovely pictures of moths are not affected. Vol. III has much shelf wear at the head and foot of the spine, including one small chip at the foot. The rear hinge has four, 4cm splits in the cloth. As with Vols. I and II the front panel is clear and bright. Vol. IV is sound and tight. It has light foxing, and very occassional finger marks in the margins of some pages. It has a bit of fraying at the corners, and at the rear hinge. Each volume has a previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down, but is otherwise free of owner marks. Lovely chromolithograph illustrations occur throughout the third and fourth volumes. This is the complete set including the scarce 4th Volume of Caterpillars. cxxvii+ 385pp+adv, 523pp + adv, 91 plates, xvi + 50, 10 plates.
Size 4to keywords: Butterfly Geometridae Cochlidiidae Schmetterlinge Caterpillar
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