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Salmon, Michael A : The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and their Collectors

University of California Pre, Berkeley, 2000

Fine copy in fine dust jacket, 4to, 432 pp., A detailed study of four hundred years of the history of British butterflies and their collectors with biographical sketches of 101 lepidopterists, accounts of selected species of historical interest, current collecting effects, and conservation policies. Appendixies list all British and Irish butterflies with their earlier venacular names, plus a chronological account of British entomological societies and their publications. And there is a comprehensive Bibliography and Index, With additional material by Peter Marrren and Basil Harley

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Salmon, Michael A : The Aurelian Legacy British Butterflies and Their Collectors

University of California Press, Berkley, USA, 2000

ISBN 0520229630

Quarto. With additional material by Peter Marren and Basil Harley.A history of British butterflies cannot be seperated from that of their collectors,since our knowledge of them is the result of four hundred years of collection and study.A mere fifty years ago many now uncommon species were widespread and abundant--their subsequent seemingly irreversible decline owing more to changes in land management and the environment than to past collecting.However,given the present state of butterfly populations indiscriminate collecting can no longer be justified.432 pages detailed text with 41colour plates and 162 black & white illustrations. As New. HEAVY BOOK, POSTAGE TO BE QUOTED. (NKY-3SBy). Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New

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