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Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885.
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Butterflies -- North America -- Pictorial works.
Butterflies -- North America.
Lepidoptera -- North America -- Pictorial works.
Lepidoptera -- North America.
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Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885.
Butterflies -- North America -- Pictorial works.
Butterflies -- North America.
Lepidoptera -- North America -- Pictorial works.
Lepidoptera -- North America.
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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
.
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