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LEADER: 02211nam 2200373Ia 4500
005 20051020103900.0
008 780705s1900 mauaf 001 0 eng d
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm04023316
040 $aDLM$cDLM$dOCLCQ$dSMI$dUtOrBLW
043 $an-us---
049 $aSNI1$nljbd 10/11/05
090 $aQL549$b.D42 1900
100 1 $aDenton, Sherman F.$q(Sherman Foote),$d1856-1937.
245 10 $aAs nature shows them :$bmoths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life /$cby Sherman F. Denton.
246 30 $aMoths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains
260 $aBoston :$bJ.B. Millet,$cc1900.
300 $a2 v., [56] leaves of plates :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
500 $aCopyright held by Bradlee Whidden.
500 $aPaged continuously.
500 $aOriginally issued in 8 sections, and published 1897-1900.
500 $a"This edition is limited to 50 copies for the United Kingdom"--Printed on slip on front paste-down of v.1.
500 $a"The colored plates, or Nature Prints, used in the work, are direct transfers from the insects themselves ... the scales of the wings of the insects are transferred to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterwards colored by hand."--Preface, p. vi.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aPart I: The moths; part II: The butterflies.
583 $aextracted picklist$c20081216$zBHLEX
590 $aSCNHRB copy (v.1: 39088011698511; v.2: 390880116985520) is no. 9 of the limited edition.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Dr. Frederick M. Bayer.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has printed bookseller's label on front paste-down of v.2: R. Friedländer & Sohn ... Berlin.
590 $aSCNHRB copy bound in brown goatskin with gilt decorations; gilt spine with raised bands; marbled endpapers.
650 0 $aLepidoptera$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNature prints$vSpecimens.
700 1 $aBayer, Frederick M.,$eformer owner.$5DSI
945 $ajdb 10/20/05 add copy item summary record
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$i39088011698511$nlc$trare