W. Furneaux — Butterflies and Moths (British)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907. Cloth. A smart new impression of this brightly illustrated study on British butterflies and moths. New impression. Illustrated with twelve colour plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive study of British butterflies and moths, with chapters on structure and life history, at home and in the field, various species, colour variations, and much more. With references and an index to the rear. Written by William Samuel Furneaux, a British science teacher and nature writer who gained considerable fame in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for his popular books on butterflies, moths, pond animals, and plants from the English countryside. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .