Lot 101
Butterflies.- North America.- Denton (Sherman F.) As Nature Shows Them Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains, 2 vol., one of 500 copies, Boston, 1900.
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Butterflies.- North America.- Denton (Sherman F.) As Nature Shows Them. Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains, 2 vol., one of 500 copies, 56 colour transfer plates, numerous photographic illustrations, occasional light scattered spotting, bookseller's description to vol.1 front free endpaper, Richard I. Johnson ink-stamp to free endpaper or half-title, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, vol.2 upper joint starting, g.e., [Nissen ZBI 1079], large 8vo, Boston, 1900.
⁂ "The colored plates, or Nature Prints, used in this work are direct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterwards colored by hand. The making of such transfers is not original to me but it took a good deal of experimenting to so perfect the process... and what magnificent illustrations they are embodying all the beauty and perfections of the specimens themselves!" (From the preface).
Description
Butterflies.- North America.- Denton (Sherman F.) As Nature Shows Them. Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains, 2 vol., one of 500 copies, 56 colour transfer plates, numerous photographic illustrations, occasional light scattered spotting, bookseller's description to vol.1 front free endpaper, Richard I. Johnson ink-stamp to free endpaper or half-title, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, vol.2 upper joint starting, g.e., [Nissen ZBI 1079], large 8vo, Boston, 1900.
⁂ "The colored plates, or Nature Prints, used in this work are direct transfers from the insects themselves; that is to say, the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterwards colored by hand. The making of such transfers is not original to me but it took a good deal of experimenting to so perfect the process... and what magnificent illustrations they are embodying all the beauty and perfections of the specimens themselves!" (From the preface).
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