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The butterflies of North America : Titian Peale's lost manuscript / [by Titian Ramsay Peale] ; foreword by Ellen V. Futter ; preface and scientific captions by David A. Grimaldi ; introduction by Kenneth Haltman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885, artist, author.
- Futter, Ellen V., author of foreword.
- Grimaldi, David A., author of preface, scientific captions.
- Haltman, Kenneth, 1957- author of introduction.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Butterflies--North America--Pictorial works.
- Butterflies.
- Butterflies--North America.
- Lepidoptera.
- North America.
- Lepidoptera--North America--Pictorial works.
- Lepidoptera--North America.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Titian Peale's lost manuscript
- Place of Publication:
- New York : American Museum of Natural History : in association with Abrams, 2015.
- 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".
- Notes:
- "This work, along with a companion volume on catepillars, 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.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781419717840
- 1419717847
- OCLC:
- 907189966
- Online:
- online version of the manuscript
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