Natural History of New York, Part V: Agriculture, Volume 5 - Description of the More Common and Injurious Species of Insects (with fine hand-colored plates)

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Natural History of New York, Part V: Agriculture, Volume 5 - Description of the More Common and Injurious Species of Insects (with fine hand-colored plates)

By Emmons, Ebenezer

SKU# 19680

$ 250.00

Pp. viii, 272, 49 full page plates - 46 are hand-colored, 3 are plain.  Original blind-stamped and gilt-decorated brown cloth, original yellow endpapers, lg 4to.  This volume presents superb hand-colored plates of the butterflies, moths, and other insects of New York.  The extensive text section covers descriptions of all of the illustrated insects.  No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Publisher

 C. Van Benthuysen
Publisher Place Albany, New York
Date Published 1854
Date Published Estimated No
Edition First edition
Number of Volumes 1
Reprint No
Condition Very good
Condition Description There is scattered foxing to the endpapers, some light foxing and browning to the plate tissue guards, the hand-colored plates are bright and clean, and the cloth binding is clean and unused; a tight copy in very good condition.
ISBN
Limited Edition