Item: Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the British Museum. Volume II. Illustrated with drawings in the text. The subject of Volume II is the family Arctiadae.
Publisher: British Museum. Author: The Editor.
Date of Publication: 1900.
Description: Excellent condition for its age. Strong brown leather binding.
Internally: Clean, complete and intact with 589 clean pages including index plus a list of British Museum publications. There are drawn illustrations to the text (see scan). The binding is strong and intact with clean end papers and secure hinges. There is a library bookplate to the front and rear.
Externally: Strong, brown, embossed leather boards with clear gilt titling to the spine (see scans). A little light finger wear only. An excellent book from this well known series. I believe it to be the first edition.
Sir George Francis Hampson (1860 – 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson became a voluntary worker at the Natural History Museum, where he wrote The Lepidoptera of the Nilgiri District (1891) and The Lepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon (1893) as parts 8 and 9 of Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera of the British Museum.He was offered a position as an assistant at the museum in March 1895, and was promoted to the acting assistant keeper in 1901. He then worked on a Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum (15 volumes, 1898–1920).[2]
A very good book in excellent condition which should interest lepidoptera enthusiasts, entomologists, collectors/dealers etc and anyone who with an interest in Natural History. Please note this is an authoritative academic volume.
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