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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885.     Subjects     Butterflies -- North America -- Pictorial works.     Butterflies -- North America.     Lepidoptera -- North America -- Pictorial works.     Lepidoptera -- North America.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885.       by title:      The butterflies of N...       by call number:      595.789097 P358b     Search the Web     Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885.     Butterflies -- North America -- Pictorial works.     Butterflies -- North America.     Lepidoptera -- North America -- Pictorial works.     Lepidoptera -- North America.       MARC Display

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. by Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885. American Museum of Natural History : in association with Abrams, c2015. Call #: 595.789097 P358b Subjects Butterflies -- North America -- Pictorial works.   Butterflies -- North America.   Lepidoptera -- North America -- Pictorial works.   Lepidoptera -- North America. ISBN:  9781419717840 1419717847 Alternate title:  Titian Peale's lost manuscript Description:  255 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. Notes:  "This work, along with a companion volume on caterpillars, 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 Bibliography:  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 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" Summary:  "The American artist and naturalist Titian Ramsay Peale II (1799- 1885) had a passion for butterflies, and throughout his long life he wrote and illustrated an ambitious and comprehensive manuscript. The book, along with a companion volume on caterpillars, was never published, and it resides today in the Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Now Peale's color plates, ... prepared for the printer by the artist more than 100 years ago, [is] published for the first time"--Page 4 of cover. Other authors:  Futter, Ellen V. Grimaldi, David A. Haltman, Kenneth, 1957- American Museum of Natural History. Library. American Museum of Natural History. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 595.789097 P358b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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