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Author:

Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885.

Title:

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.

Publisher:

American Museum of Natural History in association with Abrams

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Butterflies--North America--Pictorial works.
Butterflies--North America.
Lepidoptera--North America--Pictorial works.
Lepidoptera--North America.

Other Authors:

Futter, Ellen V.
Grimaldi, David A.
Haltman, Kenneth, 1957-
American Museum of Natural History, current owner of manuscript.

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.

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 they 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".

ISBN:

1419717847
9781419717840

LCCN:

2014959567

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)