Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, drawn from the life by Harriet and Helena Scott
Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, drawn from the life by Harriet and Helena Scott
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Full title
Date
1864, London : John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row
Call Numbers
PXE 78/11
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Physical Description
Contents
Prints - book measures closed 43.6 x 35 x 1.3 cm - 1 printed book with 30 pages of text and 9 hand coloured lithographic plates, quarter bound with marbled boards
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Title page.
Plate 1. Antheraea Eucalypti / From Nature by Harriet Scott On Stone by E. Thomas / Allen & Wigley. Printers Sydney
Plate 2. Phloiopsyche Venuata [&] Phloiopsyche Splendens / From Nature and on Stone by Helena Scott
Plate 3. Cryptophasa albocosta [&] Cryptophasa immaculata [&] Cryptophasa bipunctata [&] Cryptophasa spilonota /...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, drawn from the life by Harriet and Helena Scott
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
D S. Mitchell signature on title page.
Digital order no:Album ID : 824128
Signature / Inscriptions
title continues "with Descriptions, General and Systematic by A.W. Scott, M.A. Ash Island, Hunter River, New South Wales. / London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. MDCCCLXIV"
Title page is inscribed "D S. Mitchell"
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Select items have been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 78/11
Record Identifier
Yr8EWrXn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8EWrXn
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Reference code
152072
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