Berge, Fr.: Berge's Schmetterlingsbuch....: hand colored plates by Frau Berge: third edition, pub. K. Thienemann's Verlag (Jul. Hoffmann, 1863.) 50 hand colored plates and 1 uncolored, 194pp.

Complete and intact. Hard cover with colored butterflies, some staining and yellowing, spine in gold lettering on red with some slight separation, corners bumped with some loss. Color plates are in good order with very slight yellowing. A few plates have minor water stain, printed pages, particularly after p168 have partial water stain. Back cover is beige with some minor discoloration and corner damage. Very scarce early ed. with superb content. The color plates alone are advertised at 100-200 dollars each.

750.00