Author's Limited Edition, of which only 1,000 numbered sets
were issued.
216 Moths and Butterflies of the United States; East of
the Rocky Mountains. By Sherman F. Denton. With over 400
photographic illustrations in the text, and many transfers of
species from life. 3 vols. Royal 8vo. 3/4 maroon levant morocco
extra, emblematic gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. Boston,
1900. =$35.00=
The colored plates, or Nature Prints, used in this work, are
direct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to
say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred
to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings
and afterward colored by hand. The making of such transfers
is not original with the author, but it took a good deal of
experimenting to so perfect process as to make the transfers,
on account of their fidelity to detail and their durability,
fit for use as illustrations in such a work. And what
magnificent illustrations they are, embodying all the beauty
and perfection of the specimens themselves!
Edition limited to only 500 numbered copies, privately bound in
a handsome levant morocco binding.
217 Minor Poems. The Works of Celebrated Authors, of whose
writings there are but small remains. 2 vols. 12mo. half
polished calf, gilt tooled backs. London, 1750. =$5.00=
Contains the Works of the Earls of Roscommon, Dorset, and
Hallifax; Sir Samuel Garth, George Stepney, William Walsh,
Thomas Tickell, and Poems by Bishop Sprat.
From the library of John M. Dana, with his armorial book-plates.
218 New Nature Library. With 276 beautiful full-page
illustrations in color, 416 full-page half-tones, and 5,120
pages of fascinating text. The books, each written by an
authority, are Bird-Neighbors, Game Birds, Flowers, Trees,
Butterflies, Moths, Insects, Fish, Animals. 9 vols., finely
printed on fine super calendared paper, bound in new flexible
full morocco, gilt stamped sides and backs, silk headbands.
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