THE BUTTERFLY FAUNA OF CEYLON. 2nd (Abridged) Edition
Colombo, Published by The Ceylon Government Press. 1950. Tall 4to. pp.xvi + 133 + map + colour frontispiece and a further 48 plates 36 in colour. All plates have the original titled tissue guards.There is a little foxing to the endpapers due to poor paper but internally very good. Red cloth hard cover, titled in gilt. Recent spine in matching red titled in gilt. Very good copy
This copy has a loosely inserted errata et corrigenda page.On the free endpaper there is a very comprehensive dedication "To Vi,' dated September 1941 Signed Irene and Lionel Woodhouse. Several lines on the naming of butterflies and of their shared time in Ceylon. Item #196583
"Lionel Gilbert Ollyett Woodhouse (22 February 1888 – 31 March 1965) was an English civil servant and naturalist who was the 18th Surveyor General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1937, succeeding G. K. Thornhill, and held the office until 1943.
As an amateur lepidopterist, he was among the first to document the butterflies of Sri Lanka.
Price: $400.00