Description |
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm |
Note |
"This work, along with a companion volume on caterpillars, 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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-249) and index. |
Contents |
Foreword. The butterflies of Titian Ramsay Peale / by Ellen V. Futter -- Preface. Titian Ramsay Peale : America's first lepidopterist / by David A. Grimaldi -- Introduction. A life of artful science : the metamorphosis of Titian Ramsay Peale / by Kenneth Haltman -- The plates. The butterflies of North America, diurnal Lepidoptera : whence the come, where they go, and what they do / by Titian Ramsay Peale -- 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 -- The caterpillar album. Lepidoptera : larva, food-plant, pupa &c. / by Titian Ramsay Peale -- Titian Ramsay Peale's letter "to the publishers". |
Subject |
Butterflies -- North America -- Pictorial works.
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Butterflies -- North America.
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Lepidoptera -- North America -- Pictorial works.
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Lepidoptera -- North America.
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Lepidoptera. (OCoLC)fst00996288
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Butterflies. (OCoLC)fst00843103
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North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475
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Genre/Form |
Illustrated works (OCoLC)fst01423873
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Illustrated works.
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Added Author |
Futter, Ellen V., author of foreword.
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Grimaldi, David A., author of preface and scientific captions.
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Haltman, Kenneth, 1957- author of introduction.
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American Museum of Natural History. Library, current owner of manuscript.
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American Museum of Natural History, issuing body.
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Added Title |
Titian Peale's lost manuscript |
ISBN |
9781419717840 |
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1419717847 |
Standard No. |
9781419717840 |
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