Originally published with subtitle: Three centuries of delight in British butterflies. London : Square Peg, 2015. With new preface. Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-284) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The painted lady -- 1. Meeting the butterfly -- 2. Chasing the clouded yellow -- 3. Graylings : the birth of a passion -- 4. Gatekeepers : collecting with Jean Froissart, John Fowles and Vladimir Nabokov -- 5. Lady Glanville's fritillary -- 6. At the sign of the chequered skipper -- 7. The golden hog or the wonderful names of butterflies -- 8. Seeing red : the admiral -- 9. Fire and brimstone : butterflies and the imagination -- 10. Silver washes and pearl borders : painting butterflies -- 11. Endgame : the large blue and other dropouts -- 12. The wall or how to protect a butterfly -- 13. Envoi: Aurora or the daughter of dawn -- Appendix: British butterflies.
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