UID:
almafu_9960962411702883
Format:
1 online resource (432 pages)
ISBN:
90-04-47547-8
Content:
Although the collecting of butterflies is today an emotive subject, it is impossible to separate a history of British butterflies from a history of their collectors, without whose activities our knowledge of the identification, occurrence, distribution, and variation of British butterflies would be much the poorer. Liberally laced with contemporary quotations, this book brings to life the past three hundred years of butterfly study, with details of early societies, collecting equipment, biographies of 101 deceased lepidopterists, with portraits where available, as well as the chequered history in Britain of some 35 species of butterfly. The colour plates include some of the finest butterfly illustrations ever.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Salmon, Michael The Aurelian Legacy - a History of British Butterflies and Their Collectors Boston : BRILL,c2000 ISBN 9780946589401
Language:
English
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