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As nature shows them; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains

by: Denton, Sherman F. (Sherman Foote), 1856-1937

Publication date: 1900

Topics: Lepidoptera United States, Nature prints United States, Butterflies United States, Butterflies Middle West

Publisher: Boston, B. Whidden

Collection: usdanationalagriculturallibrary; fedlink; biodiversity

Contributor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

Language: English

Rights: The contributing institution believes that this item is not in copyright.

Volume: Pt.1-Pt.2 (1900)

2 volumes 26 cm

Originally issued in 8 sections, and published 1897-1900. Pt. I: The moths; Pt. II: The butterflies

"A limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is copy no. 76."

"The colored plates, or nature prints, used in the work, are direct transfers from the insects themselves ... the scales of the wings of the insects are transfered to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterwards colored by hand."