Butterflies of Afghanistan See Nissen BBI 1931 and

See Nissen BBI 1931 and Pritzel 9093 for more details

5 x 9 3/4 inches)

Atlas: publisher’s original three quarter tan sheep leather with red and black morocco spine labels

It was then titled ‘The Columbarium’ and issued in a very small edition – only six copies are known to exist in libraries around the world (Casey Wood

The volume remained unfinished until 1875

Butterflies of Afghanistan See Nissen BBI 1931 andPp. 272, 48 full page fine color plates, 192 text figures 32 are in color. Original blind stamped orange cloth, in the original cloth backed color pictorial slipcase (and in the publishers shipping carton which also has a color pictorial title author label), lg 4to. Text in Japanese but with Latin names and some English phrases used throughout. The volume has high manufacturing standards and is extremely scarce. It is likely the most uncommon 20th