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Denton,S.F.
As nature shows them. Moths and butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains. 2 Bde. Boston, Whidden (1897)-1900. Gr.8°. Mit 56 Taf. mit kolor. Naturselbstdrucken sowie zahlr. Abb. im Text. X S., 3 Bl., 161 S.; XIV S., 1 Bl., S. (162)-361. Hmaroquinbde. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rckn. u. Rtitel. (Rckn. und Kanten leicht berieb.).
Nissen ZBI 1079. - Bd.1: Moths. Bd.2: Butterflies. - Nr. 112 von 500 Ex. - "The colored plates or Nature Prnts, used in the work, are dirct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to say, the scales of the wings are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterwards colored by hand" (from the foreword).
