The Aurelian Legacy – a History of British Butterflies and their Collectors

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The Aurelian Legacy – a History of British Butterflies and their Collectors is written by Michael Salmon and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004475478 (ISBN 10) and 9789004475472 (ISBN 13).

Although the collecting of butterflies is today an emotive subject, it is impossible to separate a history of British butterflies from a history of their collectors, without whose activities our knowledge of the identification, occurrence, distribution, and variation of British butterflies would be much the poorer. Liberally laced with contemporary quotations, this book brings to life the past three hundred years of butterfly study, with details of early societies, collecting equipment, biographies of 101 deceased lepidopterists, with portraits where available, as well as the chequered history in Britain of some 35 species of butterfly. The colour plates include some of the finest butterfly illustrations ever.