Rhopalocera Palaearctica Iconographie et Description des Papillons Diurnes de la Region Palearctique. 2 volumes, text and atlas

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Very good, light shelfwear, lacks two tissue guards (plates xxvi & xlvii), otherwise a near fine copy in a handsome binding. 1st edition. Contemporary half brown morocco over gray marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine titles, marbled endpapers. Folio, 34.5×25.5 cm. French text. Verity’s monumental work on arctic butterflies. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 10.8 lb. Roger Verity. Florence. 1905 – 1911. lxxxvi, 368; xii, I-LXXII, A-B, 1-12, (2 maps) pp. 86 full page plates with printed tissue guards, 41 in color. 2 folding maps.