The butterflies of North America
Subtitle: Titian Peale's lost manuscript
By: [by Titian Ramsay Peale] ; foreword by Ellen V. Futter ; preface and scientific captions by David A. Grimaldi ; introduction by Kenneth Haltman
Contributors: Futter, Ellen V., author of foreword; Grimaldi, David A., author of preface and scientific captions; Haltman, Kenneth, 1957- author of introduction; American Museum of Natural History. Library; American Museum of Natural History
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781419717840
Subjects: Butterflies; Lepidoptera; Pictorial works
Other titles: Titian Peale's lost manuscript
Notes: "This work, along with a companion volume on catepillars, was never published, and resides today in the Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural History's Library in New York"--Page [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword. The butterflies of Titian Ramsay Peale / by Ellen V. Futter; title: Preface. Titian Ramsay Peale : America's first lepidopterist / by David A. Grimaldi; title: Introduction. A life of artful science : the metamorphosis of Titian Ramsay Peale / by Kenneth Haltman; title: The plates. The butterflies of North America, diurnal Lepidoptera : whence the come, where they go, and what they do / by Titian Ramsay Peale; title: The prospectus. Lepidoptera Americana : or, Original figures of the moths and butterflies of North America : in their various stages of existence, and the plants on which they feed, drawn on stone, and coloured from nature : with their characters, synonyms, and remarks on their habits and manners / by Titian Ramsay Peale; title: The caterpillar album. Lepidoptera : larva, food-plant, pupa &c. / by Titian Ramsay Peale; title: Titian Ramsay Peale's letter "to the publishers".