Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Neue und weig bekannte Arten zumeist aus der Sammlung der Senckenberg’schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Frankfurt am Main, 2 Parts, complete (bound in one volume)

Pp. (4), 531; 15 full page chromolithograph plates (1 ornate chromolithograph title page + 14 chromolithographs of butterflies and moths, designated I-XIV), frontispiece photogravure of the author at beginning of part 2, original printed wrappers bound in place). Later one-half black morocco leather, spine with two dark-red morocco labels lettered in gilt for the title and date and with seven pairs of gilt panel lines, over original dark blue leather-covered boards patterned in the shape of scales from butterfly wings, original French blue-marbled endpapers, 4to (295 x 233 mm). This authoritative work is the earliest monographic treatment of the Lepidoptera of Madagascar. Part 1 covers Rhopalocera, Heterocera: Sphinges et Bombyces and Part 2 covers Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae and Microlepidoptera. Many species new to science are described here. Small oval name stamp on the front wrapper of part 2, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. Very scarce.