Lot 212
Butterflies & Moths.- Wilkes (Benjamin) One Hundred and Twenty Copper-Plates of English Moths and Butterflies, second edition, for Benjamin White, 1773.
Hammer Price: £4,000
Description
Butterflies & Moths.- Wilkes (Benjamin) One Hundred and Twenty Copper-Plates of English Moths and Butterflies, second edition, 120 hand-coloured engraved plates, list of subscribers, occasional faint spotting and faint off-setting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper verso, bookplate, partially removed, contemporary straight grain morocco, g.e., 5 raised spine bands, richly gilt spine, [Lisney 186], 4to, for Benjamin White, 1773.
Description
Butterflies & Moths.- Wilkes (Benjamin) One Hundred and Twenty Copper-Plates of English Moths and Butterflies, second edition, 120 hand-coloured engraved plates, list of subscribers, occasional faint spotting and faint off-setting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper verso, bookplate, partially removed, contemporary straight grain morocco, g.e., 5 raised spine bands, richly gilt spine, [Lisney 186], 4to, for Benjamin White, 1773.