Lot 194
THEOPHILUS JOHNSON (1836-1919)
Closed21 April 2016
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GBP 1,875
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THEOPHILUS JOHNSON (1836-1919)
The larvae of British moths. [Dartford: privately printed,] 1910. 20 watercolour plates and 20 letterpress text leaves, forming plates and pp.34-53 only, the plates numbered and captioned in pencil. (Occasional faint soiling.) Loose in the original pink printed wrappers (wrappers detached and soiled, lacking spine). [With another work on Hawkmoths and Clearwings, apparently working proofs. N.p., n.d.] 18 watercolour plates and 18 letterpress text leaves, all loose, the letter press and watercolours numbered in pencil 1-13, 13, 14 14+, 15, 17, the watercolours captioned in pencil, two with the initials 'T.J.', one with the beginnings of a pencil illustration on verso. (Occasional faint soiling.) 2 partial works, 8° (223 x 146mm). Sold together with a single title-page The Moths of Essex ... vol. I. the Hawkmoths and Clearwings, 1908, somewhat shorter than the other two works.
The larvae of British moths. [Dartford: privately printed,] 1910. 20 watercolour plates and 20 letterpress text leaves, forming plates and pp.34-53 only, the plates numbered and captioned in pencil. (Occasional faint soiling.) Loose in the original pink printed wrappers (wrappers detached and soiled, lacking spine). [With another work on Hawkmoths and Clearwings, apparently working proofs. N.p., n.d.] 18 watercolour plates and 18 letterpress text leaves, all loose, the letter press and watercolours numbered in pencil 1-13, 13, 14 14+, 15, 17, the watercolours captioned in pencil, two with the initials 'T.J.', one with the beginnings of a pencil illustration on verso. (Occasional faint soiling.) 2 partial works, 8° (223 x 146mm). Sold together with a single title-page The Moths of Essex ... vol. I. the Hawkmoths and Clearwings, 1908, somewhat shorter than the other two works.
THEOPHILUS JOHNSON (1836-1919)
The larvae of British moths. [Dartford: privately printed,] 1910. 20 watercolour plates and 20 letterpress text leaves, forming plates and pp.34-53 only, the plates numbered and captioned in pencil. (Occasional faint soiling.) Loose in the original pink printed wrappers (wrappers detached and soiled, lacking spine). [With another work on Hawkmoths and Clearwings, apparently working proofs. N.p., n.d.] 18 watercolour plates and 18 letterpress text leaves, all loose, the letter press and watercolours numbered in pencil 1-13, 13, 14 14+, 15, 17, the watercolours captioned in pencil, two with the initials 'T.J.', one with the beginnings of a pencil illustration on verso. (Occasional faint soiling.) 2 partial works, 8° (223 x 146mm). Sold together with a single title-page The Moths of Essex ... vol. I. the Hawkmoths and Clearwings, 1908, somewhat shorter than the other two works.
The larvae of British moths. [Dartford: privately printed,] 1910. 20 watercolour plates and 20 letterpress text leaves, forming plates and pp.34-53 only, the plates numbered and captioned in pencil. (Occasional faint soiling.) Loose in the original pink printed wrappers (wrappers detached and soiled, lacking spine). [With another work on Hawkmoths and Clearwings, apparently working proofs. N.p., n.d.] 18 watercolour plates and 18 letterpress text leaves, all loose, the letter press and watercolours numbered in pencil 1-13, 13, 14 14+, 15, 17, the watercolours captioned in pencil, two with the initials 'T.J.', one with the beginnings of a pencil illustration on verso. (Occasional faint soiling.) 2 partial works, 8° (223 x 146mm). Sold together with a single title-page The Moths of Essex ... vol. I. the Hawkmoths and Clearwings, 1908, somewhat shorter than the other two works.
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