South African Butterflies: A Monograph of the Extra-Tropical Species

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1887-89. First editions. 3 volumes. Royal 8vo. Re-bound. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. Vol. I: xiv,[2],350,1 mon. plate,351-355,[1],6 col. plates,[2]pp. Folding colour map facing title-page. Vol. II: [6],242,3 col plates,[2]pp. Vol. III: [8],438,3 col. plates pp. An additional monochrome plate from another source (German 1913?) has been bound in facing p.128 and a b+w photograph has been bound in facing p.160. All bindings square and tight, boards clean with very little wear; slight fading along lower joint of vol. III. Occasional light and unobtrusive spotting to a few pages, but mostly clean within. Twelve beautiful chromolithograph plates in total, still bright: neatly annotated in pencil in vol. II; one corner creased on plate 9 vol. II. Loose b+w photograph tipped in with plates in vol. I, stamped 'Alan Yates, Commercial Photographer' of Pretoria, SA. Vol. II also bears the stamp of Capt. R. H. R. Stevenson of Hillside, Bulawayo at the back. A slightly unusual copy of this interesting set. Roland Trimen (1840?1916). Considered to be Trimen's most important publication, these volumes describe 380 species of butterfly and were written while he was curator of the South African Museum and after his presidency of the South African Philosophical Society. He became one of the leading authority of his time, but was mostly concerned with taxonomy. As a result, most specimens were collected for him by other people, including naturalist James Henry Bowker who also became a renowned authority on the subject. Vol. I Nymphalidæ, vol. II Eycinidæ and Lycænidæ, vol. III Papilonidæ and Hesperidæ. N° de ref. del artículo 012345

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