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NEW HARDBACK BOOK – MINT/MINT. WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY PETER MARREN AND BASIL HARLEY. THIS THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED HIGHLY INFORMATIVE AND ENJOYABLE BOOK INCLUDES A SHORT HISTORY OF BUTTERFLY COLLECTING IN BRITAIN AND OF THE EQUIPMENT USED; BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF 101 DECEASED LEPIDOPTERISTS GENEROUSLY LACED WITH ANECDOTES AND QUOTATIONS AND MANY CONTEMPORARY MONOCHROME PORTRAITS; ACCOUNTS OF SELECTED SPECIES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST; AND AN APPRAISAL OF THE EFFECT OF COLLECTING AND OF CURRENT CONSERVATION POLICIES.
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