Proofs from ten early copper plates by Prof. Townend Glover
Subtitle: his earliest attempt at an illustrated work on entomology
Published: 1887
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Insects; Pictorial works; Correspondence
Other titles: Illustrations of North American entomology by Townend Glover.
Notes: Manuscript drawings, [1887].

"No more than one copy of these plates exists besides this copy."--[H.A. Hagen].

Bound within following plates is 12-p. annotated offprint, "Illustrations of North American entomology by Townend Glover" by Hermann Hagen (originally published in Stett. Entom. Zeit., 1887, v. 48., p. 131-142).

Three ms. letters regarding the acquisition of these proofs by the Museum of Comparative Zoology (from former Glover assistant Charles Richards Dodge to H.A. Hagen, 13 December 1887, 2 p.; Philip Reese Uhler to Hagen, 14 December 1887, 3 p.; and from Alexander Agassiz to an unknown correspondent, 24 December 1887, 1 p.), formerly placed within this volume, are now in MCZ Archives bMu 1153.30.1.