Lutz - Das Buch der Schmetterlinge - Stuttgart, 1889 - book on butterflies - Old prints, rare books and bibliophile books for sale

Author: Lutz, Karl Gustav

Publisher: Süddeutsches Verlags-Institut

Published: Stuttgart

Publishing year: 1889

Lutz, Karl Georg. A book on butterflies. "Das Buch der Schmetterlinge. Eine Schilderung der mitteleuropäischen Schmetterlinge mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Raupen und ihrer Nahrungspflanzen". Stuttgart: Süddeutsches Verlags-Institut, 1889. VI, 188 pp. with numerous illustrations in the text, 29 (instead of 30) chromolithographic plates with more than 800 depictions of butterflies. Original publisher's full-cloth binding.

 Binding somewhat scuffed at the bottom of the spine and at the edges. Old library call number in pen on the front covers, the spine and the title page. Plate No. 6 is missing.