THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES.Described and Arranged According to the System Now Adopted in the British Museum.
London: Published by Paul Jerrard. [1859]. 4to. pp.xii + 66, index with 4p. on the best method of preserving butterflies . 32 full page handcoloured engraved plates.there is a small lower corner missing from plate xxix, Original brown cloth hardcover. rebacked. upper board illustrated in gilt. Very attractive binding with a few small marks and surface rubbing, Generally a very good copy. Item #196366
There is a binders ticket and this is Robert Washington Oates copy with his bookplate which was under another bookplate now removed.Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958) was born in London and educated in Belgium and Germany. He served in the First World War as a private soldier, at the same time amassing a considerable fortune through his financial interest in a firm of industrial chemists. After the war he became an antique dealer, gaining an international reputation in the antiquarian book-trade.
Oates was instrumental in securing Gilbert White's home, The Wakes, as a permanent memorial to the naturalist and author. There he established the Oates Memorial Museum and Library, which commemorated two members of his own family, his cousin, Captain Lawrence Oates,a member of the Scott's Antarctic Expedition and his uncle, Frank Oates who was one of the first Europeans to see the Victoria Falls.
Price: $800.00