South African Butterflies Entomology 1862 Trimen rare Cape Town So. Africa book

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Leather Books, Science, Butterflies, South Africa, Entomology).Rhoplaocera Africae Australis; A Catalogue of South African Butterflies: Comprising Descriptions of All the Known Species, with Notices of their Larvae, Pupae, Localities, Habits, Seasons of Appearance, and Geographical Distribution, by Roland Trimen. Part I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danaidae, Acraeidae, and Numphalidae.Published 1862, Cape Town, South Africa by W.G. Mathew.190 pages. Text in English. With authors errata slipNote- This is volume one only, but was likely issued by subscription long before vol. 2 was completed, so stands alone. Rare.Attractive antiquarian 1/2 leather binding, raised & gilt bands, gilt title lettering & compartment decorations, marbled covers, hand lettered institutional spine label.Former library book with spine markings and paper book plate to pastedown.Volume one of a larger work. Contents of this volume complete unto themselves.Book is physically old