Fauna lepidopterologica Volgo-Uralensis exhibens lepidopterorum species quas per viginti quinque annos in provinciis Volgam fluvium inter et montes Uralenses sitis observavit et descripsit.
Casani (Kazan), Tatarstan, Russia: Typis Universitatis, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good condition. Item #020492
[ii], xiv, 633 pages. Original printed paper wrappers are bound in. Half leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards; minor shelfwear. Minor foxing to text, with the most foxing to the title page. Tiny stain along the bottom edge of the first few pages. PROVENANCE: Engraved bookplate of Frederick DuCane Godman (1834-1919); Bookplate of [Arthur] Francis Hemming (1893-1964); bookplate of Claude Herbulot (1908-2006); and bookplate of William George Pether. Seminal entomological work by Russian naturalist Eduard Friedrich Eversmann (1794-1860). It is a foundational text documenting species of butterflies and moths collected over a span of 25 years, and found in the region between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. First edition.
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