The butterflies of North America
By: William H. Edwards
Contributors: Peart, Mary, ill; Bowen, L., colorist; T. Sinclair & Son
Edition: Text reprinted.
Publisher: Houghton, Osgood and Company
Published: 1879
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Butterflies; Lepidoptera; Pictorial works
Other titles: Synopsis of North American butterflies
Notes: Imprint of first ed. also appears on t.p.: Philadelphia : The American Entomological Society, 1868-1872.

Special t.p. for part 11 "Synopsis of North American butterflies" reflects double imprint as above.

Plates signed: drawn by Mary Peart; L. Bowen col. or T. Sinclair, lith.

Plates are hand-colored.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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SCNHRB copy (39088013490636) has pencilled ms. marginalia relating to publication and collation details.

SCNHRB copy stamped on t.p.: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Jul 2 1888 [ms. acc. no.] 132313.

SCNHRB copy quarter bound in recent black goatskin and green paste-paper, title in gilt within earlier black leather spine label.