Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal
By: by George Robert Gray
Contributors: Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875; Daguin, Paul, former owner; Schaus, William, 1859- , former owner
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Published: 1846
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Collection and preservation; Butterflies; Lepidoptera; Pictorial works
Other titles: Descriptions of new lepidoptera; Lepidoptera of Nepal
Notes: "The following figures were selected from General Hardwicke's collection of drawings"--Cf. Pref., p. [3].

Preface signed: John Edward Gray.

Plates are signed: Hawkins, W. Hawkins or B.W. Hawkins, sculp & col.

Colophon: E. Newman, printer.

Plates, except for nos. 15 & 16, are hand-colored.

Includes bibliographical references.

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SCNHRB has two copies.

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013484456) has bookplate: Collection of William Schaus, presented to the National Museum, MCMV.

SCNHRB c. 1 inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: Presented to W. Schaus by Paul Daguin Febr. 1921.

SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [ms. acc. no.] C250613.

SCNHRB c. 1 quarter bound in marbled paper boards and brown leather, title in gilt on spine, yellow endpapers.

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013484498) has bookplate: Collection of William Schaus, presented to the National Museum, MCMV.

SCNHRB c. 2 blind-embossed on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [ms. acc. no.] 199698.

SCNHRB c. 2 bound in plain brown pebbled cloth, title in gilt on spine, yellow endpapers; book dealer's stamp on front paste-down: Paul Klincksieck, Paris.