1899 Every-Day Butterflies Scudder First Edition Gilt Hardcover Color Plates
$250.00
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Every-Day Butterflies: A Group of Biographies by Samuel Hubbard Scudder is an illustrated 1899 natural history book exploring butterflies through individual accounts of their lives and habits. For nature lovers and collectors, its detailed observations and delicate illustrations deepen appreciation for the butterflies encountered outdoors while bringing the beauty of Victorian natural history into a personal library.
Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, with The Riverside Press, Cambridge imprint. First edition, with 1899 appearing on both the title and copyright pages. The title page specifies seventy-one illustrations, plain and colored; the photographs show full-page color butterfly plates and detailed black-and-white illustrations.
Hardcover bound in green cloth, with an elaborate gilt butterfly design across the front cover and gilt lettering on the cover and spine. The combination of illustrated entomology and decorative binding gives this volume appeal for butterfly enthusiasts, natural history collectors, and admirers of antique book design.
Condition: Good overall, with pronounced wear along the lower board edges, including rubbing and areas of exposed board. Additional corner wear, small areas of cloth loss, scuffing, and wear to the spine ends. Page edges are age toned, and the photographed interior pages show light tanning and scattered spotting. The front cover’s gilt decoration remains bright and attractive, and the illustrated pages shown retain clear detail and pleasing color. Please examine all photographs for the condition of this copy.
SKU D-7
1899 Every-Day Butterflies Scudder First Edition Gilt Hardcover Color Plates
$250.00
Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, with The Riverside Press, Cambridge imprint. First edition, with 1899 appearing on both the title and copyright pages. The title page specifies seventy-one illustrations, plain and colored; the photographs show full-page color butterfly plates and detailed black-and-white illustrations.
Hardcover bound in green cloth, with an elaborate gilt butterfly design across the front cover and gilt lettering on the cover and spine. The combination of illustrated entomology and decorative binding gives this volume appeal for butterfly enthusiasts, natural history collectors, and admirers of antique book design.
Condition: Good overall, with pronounced wear along the lower board edges, including rubbing and areas of exposed board. Additional corner wear, small areas of cloth loss, scuffing, and wear to the spine ends. Page edges are age toned, and the photographed interior pages show light tanning and scattered spotting. The front cover’s gilt decoration remains bright and attractive, and the illustrated pages shown retain clear detail and pleasing color. Please examine all photographs for the condition of this copy.
SKU D-7