[Lucas, Thomas P.; Watson, John; Masters, George; Honrath, Eduard G.; Staudiner, Dr. O; Miskin, W.H.; Olliff, A. Sidney; Felder, Dr. C.; Mabile, M.P.; Baker, George T.; Sharpe, Emily Mary; Smith, H. Grose; Elwes, Henry J.; Butler, Arthur G.; and Holl [A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) SCIENTIFIC PAPERS ON ENTOMOLOGY, FROM THE LIBRARY OF ANDREY AVINOFF, BOUND TOGETHER INTO ONE VOLUME. SEVERAL ARE SIGNED AND/OR INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS].
Sydney, New South Wales, Paris, Berlin, Dresden, etc., 1862 through 1896. 1896. Good
ILLUSTRATED WITH CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS - SEVERAL OF THE WORKS ARE INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THEIR AUTHORS - The 25 scientific papers are bound into octavo three-quarter black morocco & marbled boards with raised bands on the spine. The volume is titled in gilt "Miscell. Lepidopt." on the spine. The covers are rubbed and the leather is splitting along the bottom of the front joint of the front cover. The volume is illustrated throughout with a total of 21 color plates (mostly chromolithographs) and 4 black & white plates. The collection consists of the following papers:1) Lucas, Thomas P. “On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera, With Descriptions of New Species”. [1890]. pp. 277-307 [probably extracted from Proceedings of the Linnean Society, N.S.W.] 2) Lucas, Thomas P. “On Queensland and Other Australian Macro-Lepidoptera, with Localities, and Descriptions of New Species” [1889]. pp, 1065-1104 [probably extracted from Proceedings of the Linnean Society, N.S.W]. 3) Watson, John.. “On the Plumules or Battledore Scales of Lycaenidae” [1865]. pp. 128-133 plus 3 black-and-white plates of Scales [extracted from Mem. Lit. 7 Phil Soc. Manchester]. 4) Masters, George. “Catalogue of the Described Diurnal Lepidoptera of Australia”. Sydney: Printed by Frederick White. 1873. Bound with the original printed wraps, i-iv, 1-24pp. Inscribed to Richard Owen by the Australian naturalist Gerard Kresst. 5) Honrath, Eduard G. “Neue Rhopalocera”. Part 4. [1886]. pp. 129-132 plus color plate [extracted from Berliner Entomolog. Zeitschrift]. Inscribed by Honrath to A. G. Butler. 6) Honrath, Eduard G. “Neue Rhopalocera. Part 5. [1886]. pp. 294-296 plus 1 color plate [extracted from Berliner Entomolog. Zeitschrift]. 7) Staudiner, Dr. O. “Neue Exotische Lepidopteren. pp. 62-162 plus 4 color plates [Dresden, extracted from “Iris”, 1891]. The pages are darkened. Inscribed by the author in light pencil to the lepidopterist, Hamilton Druce. 8) Miskin, W. H. “A Revision of the Australian Species of Euploea, with Synonymic Notes and Descriptions on New Species”. pp. 1037-1046 [extracted from Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. April 1890]. 9) Olliff, A. Sidney. “Contributions Towards A Knowledge of the Coleoptera of Australia”. pp. 1511 -1513 [from “Proceedings of the Linnean Society, N.S.W., March 22, 1889]. 10) Miskin, W. H. “Descriptions of Hitherto Undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera)”. pp. 1514-1520 [extracted from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, March 1889]. 11) Miskin, W. H. “Description of Hitherto Undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) Principally Lycaenidae”. pp. 29-43 [extracted from The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, June 1890]. 12) Felder, Dr. C. “Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der K. K. Fregatte ‘Novara’ gesammelten Macrolepidopteren”. pp. 473-496 [April 9, 1862]. There is scattered foxing. 13) Mabille, M.P. “Lepidoptera Madagascariensia; species novae”. pp. 132-144 [offprint from “Bulletin de la Societe Philomathique de Paris, Jan. 25, 1879]. 14) Mabille, M.P. “Diagnoses de Lepidopteres Nouveaux”. pp. 55-78 [May 1885]. 15) Baker, George T. “Notes on the Genitalia of Agynandromorphous Eronia Hippia”. pp. 1-6 plus 1 plate [in “The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London”, 1891]. Inscribed on the blank: “With the author’s compliments”. 16) Baker, George T. “Notes on the Lepidoptera Collected in Madeira by the Late T. Vernon Wollaston”. pp. 197-221 plus 1 color plate [in “The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London”, 1891]. 17) Sharpe, Emily Mary. “On a Collection of Lepidoptera from Bangala” [circa 1891]. pp. 53-60. The pages are darkened. Inscribed on blank cover sheet: “With E. M. Sharpe’s compliments”. 18) Sharpe, Emily Mary. “Descriptions of Two New Species of Lycaenidae from West Africa, in the Collection of Mr. Philip Crowley”. pp. [240]-241 [from “The Annals and Magazine of Natural History” for September 1891]. The pages are darkened. Inscribed “With E. M. Sharpe’s compliments” at head of title. 19) Smith, H. Grose. “Descriptions of Two More New Species of Butterflies from New Britain, in the Collection of Mr. Grose Smith”. 1 page [from “The Annals and Magazine of Natural History”, July 1894]. There are some pencil annotations. 20) Sharpe, Emily Mary. “Descriptions of New Butterflies Collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S., in British East Africa, During His Recent Expedition”. Part 1. pp. 187-194 plus 2 color plates (chromolithographs) [from “The Proceedings of The Zoological Society of London, March 3, 1891. Inscribed on plain blue cover sheet: “With E. M. Sharpe’s compliments”. 21) Elwes, H. J. “On Butterflies Collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak”. Part 1. pp. 249-289 plus a color plate (chromolithograph) [from “The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London”, April 21, 1891]. Inscribed on plain blue cover sheet: “H.H. Druce, Esq. with Compliments of the Author”. 22) Elwes, Henry J. “On Butterflies Collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak”. Part 2. pp. 617-664 plus 2 color plates (chromolithographs) [from “The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Dec. 6, 1892]. 23) Butler, Arthur G. “On Two Collections of Lepidoptera Sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., from British Central Africa”. pp. 643-684 plus 1 color plate (chromolithograph) [from “The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London”, November 7, 1893]. With the ownership signature “H. H. Druce” at the head of the plain blue cover sheet. 24) Butler, Arthur G. “On Collections of Lepidoptera from British Central Africa and Lake Tanganyika”. pp. [249]-270 plus 2 color plates (chromolithographs) [Offprint from “The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London”, March 19, 1895. The edges of the pages are darkened. With the ownership signature “H. H. Druce” at the head of the plain blue cover sheet. 25) Holland, W. J. “A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the Adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of Some Apparently New Species”. pp. [1]-107 plus errata leaf and 5 color plates (chromolithographs) [Offprint from “The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London”, January 14, 1896]. Inscribed on the plain blue cover sheet: “Mr. H. H. Druce with the best regards of his friend Dr. W. J. Holland”. Each of the offprints or extracts is preceeded by a plain brown or blue cover sheet. These cover sheets are often darkened and sometimes chipped. From the collection of the Russian-American entomologist Andrey Avinoff, signed by him "A. Avinoff" at the top of the front endpaper. Several of the items, as identified above, were originally from the library of the English entomologist Hamilton Herbert Druce, several of which inscribed to him by their authors. Andrey Avinoff (1884-1949) was born in Russia. He was an artist and entomologist who had an important collection of Asian butterflies. He made a major contribution to lepidoptery with his 250 page monograph on the Karanasas. After the communist coup in 1917, he emigrated to America. He was director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History from 1926 to 1945. The English entomologist Hamilton Herbert Druce (1869-1922) specialized in Lycaenidae. A Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and of the Entomological Society of London, his collection was sold to Joicey and now resides at the Natural History Museum in London.
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