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Although the collecting of butterflies is today an emotive subject, it is impossible to separate a history of British butterflies from a history of their collectors, without whose activities our knowledge of the identification, occurrence, distribution, and variation of British butterflies would be much the poorer.
Liberally laced with contemporary quotations, this book brings to life the past three hundred years of butterfly study, with details of early societies, collecting equipment, biographies of 101 deceased lepidopterists, with portraits where available, as well as the chequered history in Britain of some 35 species of butterfly. The colour plates include some of the finest butterfly illustrations ever.
Liberally laced with contemporary quotations, this book brings to life the past three hundred years of butterfly study, with details of early societies, collecting equipment, biographies of 101 deceased lepidopterists, with portraits where available, as well as the chequered history in Britain of some 35 species of butterfly. The colour plates include some of the finest butterfly illustrations ever.
Price: $149.00
Pages: 432
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
01 January 2000
ISBN: 9780946589401
Format: Hardcover
What can one say about such a beautiful and informative book? It is difficult to express in words what a remarkable publication it is and at such a low price. - W. G. Tremewan, Entomologist’s Gazette
This information-packed but highly readable account of 300 years of British lepidoptery, practised largely by amateurs, is a must-read for butterfly afficionados and social historians alike. - Nature
an extraordinarily readable, accessible and fascinating account of a subculture that has never before been championed in a work for the public. It is a riveting and remarkable book. - Gaden Robinson, Times Literary Supplement
This is as splendid a volume as one might hope or wish for ... - John Fowles, The Spectator
This information-packed but highly readable account of 300 years of British lepidoptery, practised largely by amateurs, is a must-read for butterfly afficionados and social historians alike. - Nature
an extraordinarily readable, accessible and fascinating account of a subculture that has never before been championed in a work for the public. It is a riveting and remarkable book. - Gaden Robinson, Times Literary Supplement
This is as splendid a volume as one might hope or wish for ... - John Fowles, The Spectator
Michael Salmon, an amateur lepidopterist who has made a special study of butterfly variation in Britain, has spent many years in gathering together the wealth of anecdotal and illustrative material which enhance this historical account, in which he has been assisted by Peter Marren and Basil Harley.