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Wood, W.. Index Entomologicus;or, a complete illustrated catalogue consisting of upwards of two thousand accurately coloured figures of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain. G. Willis, London, 1854.

Price: US$259.91 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: New & revised edition. 8vo. Pp vii, ii, 298. Frontis & 58 hand coloured plates. Half morocco, rubbed to all extremities. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Inner front hinge cracked. Heavy foxing to endpapers. Once in the library of Wellington College with its bookplate. Clean and tight internally.

Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom

Wood, W. & Westwood, J. O. ( Supplement ). INDEX ENTOMOLOGICUS ; or a Complete Illustrated Catalogue, Consisting of Two Thousand Accurately Coloured Figured of the LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN a New and Revised Edition with Supplement. G. Willis, Great Piazza, Covent Garden, 1854.

Price: US$357.38 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Beautifully illustrated in Colour, with on average over 30 insect illustrations to a Plate. Prefaces to the First and This Edition, followed by the Main Text, with many Full-Page Colour Plates. This Edition also contains "Additions made to the First Edition", with more Colour Plates (pages 238 - 253) and "Additions to the Second Edition (pages 254- 281. The Index continues to page 298. Finally there is a Catalogue of British Lepidopters figured in this work. 9 3/4" Tall, 1.3 KIlos. Contemporary Brown Half-Leather bindingwith 4 Raised Bands to spine. Gilt Title on black leather ground in 2nd compartment. Cloth covered boards with Leather corners. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled. Some fading & scuffing to leather. Split down right side of spine ( about 2" long ). Corners worn. Hinges sound & text block firm. Previous owner's surname on flyleaf. No other inscriptions. Plates and Text pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom

Wood, W. And Westwood, J. O.. INDEX ENTOMOLOGICUS; or, A COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE CONSISITING OF UPWARDS OF TWO THOUSAND ACCURATELY COLOURED FIGURES OF LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN. A NEW AND REVISED EDITION WITH SUPPLEMENT. G. Willis, Covent Garden London, 1854.

Price: US$454.84 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: pp. vii, 298. colour frontispiece plate, 58 further colour plates. This new and revised edition by Westwood contains figures and notices of nearly 200 hundred newly discovered species, synoptic lists, etc. in addition to W. Wood's original work. Half leather binding with gilt lettering to the spine (This is the Publisher's standard leather binding), some wear and rubbing to the leather, binding firm. Contents clean and tight, original marble endpapers, no inscriptions, plates clean. A very good copy. Size: 17 x 24cm

Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom

Wood, W. And Westwood, J. O.. INDEX ENTOMOLOGICUS; or, A COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE CONSISTING OF UPWARDS OF TWO THOUSAND ACCURATELY COLOURED FIGURES OF LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN. A NEW AND REVISED EDITION WITH SUPPLEMENT. G. Willis, Covent Garden London, 1854.

Price: US$480.83 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: a particularly bright copy, 18 x 25cm, pp. vii, 298. colour frontispiece plate, 58 further colour plates, each with blank paper guard. This new and revised edition by Westwood contains figures and notices of nearly 200 hundred newly discovered species, synoptic lists, etc. in addition to W. Wood's original work. Handsomely bound in half dark green morocco with gilt lettering, decoration and moth motifs to the spine, very good and bright, slight rubbing only (This is the publisher's standard leather binding). Contents clean and tight, original marbled end-papers, no inscriptions, slight spotting mostly to the paper guards, plates more or less clean. Small private bookplate of R. T. Combe of Earnshill (Somerset) to the front paste-down. A very good bright copy in the Publisher's handsome binding. The preferred revised edition, with supplement by J.O. Westwood.

Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom

WOOD W. WESTWOOD J.O.. INDEX ENTOMOLOGICUS OR A COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. G. WILLIS, 1854.

Price: US$501.17 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: COSISTING OF UPWARDS OF TWO THOUSAND ACCURATELY COLOURED FIGURES OF THE LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN A NEW AND REVISED EDITION WITH SUPPLEMENT CONTAINING FIGURES AND NOTICES OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES - SYNOPTIC LISTS ETC. 1 volume in 8° di pagg. vii, 298 con 59 tavole colorate a mano con oltre 2000 figure Mezza pelle coeva con fregi e titoli in oro al dorso tagli oro sbiaditi Timbro di appartenenza: J.A.F. BENNET

Seller: Libreria della Natura, Milano, Italy