The Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)
William Buckler
Publisher
Forgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN
1332019897
ISBN-13
9781332019892
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Excerpt from The Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths, Vol. 5
The delay in the appearance of this volume has been almost entirely occasioned by difficulties experienced in connection with hand-colouring the plates.
At the commencement of Mr. Stainton's long and, as it unhappily proved, fatal illness, the plates were already all lithographed, and he was able to begin the copying out of the manuscript for the letterpress, but could not proceed far with it. The task was completed by Mr. W. D. Roebuck of Leeds, under the supervision of Mr. G. T. Porritt of Huddersfield, so well known for his experience regarding the Larvæ of British Macro-Lepidoptera. Mr. Porritt has kindly undertaken to edit the remaining volumes in succession to Mr. Stainton, and he has already in hand Vol. VI, which will complete the Noctuæ.
For many reasons it is desirable that the colouring of the plates should be continued by the same artist, but if any serious delay again occur, arrangements for expediting the work will have serious attention.
In the present volume it will be seen that the number of British species, of which no figure whatever was made by the late Mr. Buckler, is comparatively small. But the descriptive text is necessarily incomplete, for no descriptions of many of the species were published by him, nor do they occur in his Note Books, nor, with few exceptions, amongst the published descriptions by the late Mr. Hellins. A few of the missing descriptions have been supplied from those published by Mr. Porritt.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The delay in the appearance of this volume has been almost entirely occasioned by difficulties experienced in connection with hand-colouring the plates.
At the commencement of Mr. Stainton's long and, as it unhappily proved, fatal illness, the plates were already all lithographed, and he was able to begin the copying out of the manuscript for the letterpress, but could not proceed far with it. The task was completed by Mr. W. D. Roebuck of Leeds, under the supervision of Mr. G. T. Porritt of Huddersfield, so well known for his experience regarding the Larvæ of British Macro-Lepidoptera. Mr. Porritt has kindly undertaken to edit the remaining volumes in succession to Mr. Stainton, and he has already in hand Vol. VI, which will complete the Noctuæ.
For many reasons it is desirable that the colouring of the plates should be continued by the same artist, but if any serious delay again occur, arrangements for expediting the work will have serious attention.
In the present volume it will be seen that the number of British species, of which no figure whatever was made by the late Mr. Buckler, is comparatively small. But the descriptive text is necessarily incomplete, for no descriptions of many of the species were published by him, nor do they occur in his Note Books, nor, with few exceptions, amongst the published descriptions by the late Mr. Hellins. A few of the missing descriptions have been supplied from those published by Mr. Porritt.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
