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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

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8EWrXn

Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, drawn from the life by Harriet and Helena Scott

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Full title

Australian Lepidoptera and their transformations, drawn from the life by Harriet and Helena Scott

Date

1864, London : John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row

Call Numbers

PXE 78/11

Record Identifier

Yr8EWrXn

Reference Code

152072

Formats

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

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

Other Identifiers

Reference code

152072

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