Post by nomad on Oct 21, 2015 12:37:39 GMT
I have surprisingly not heard much about this book published in 2013.
This is a masterful work on the great American lepidopterists by William Leach. From William Henry Edwards, Theodore Mead, Samuel Scudder, Augustus Grote, Herman Strecker and others, they are all here. Great chapter on Will Doherty with the few only known pictures of him. Some good pieces on the American butterfly collectors and their dealings with Otto Staudinger. Accompanied by fine plates of lovely butterflies by some American masters of that art.
I enjoyed this book. Brilliant read. 10 out of 10.
This is a masterful work on the great American lepidopterists by William Leach. From William Henry Edwards, Theodore Mead, Samuel Scudder, Augustus Grote, Herman Strecker and others, they are all here. Great chapter on Will Doherty with the few only known pictures of him. Some good pieces on the American butterfly collectors and their dealings with Otto Staudinger. Accompanied by fine plates of lovely butterflies by some American masters of that art.
I enjoyed this book. Brilliant read. 10 out of 10.
