Unique Birdwing Butterflies book published by Dr OHYA

[mygos]

I just had the rare opportunity to obtain myself a copy of this unique book published by its author Dr. Takashi OHYA "Original descriptions of birdwing butterflies, 2 vol. + additional edition", 2008/2012, of which only 77 copies were printed ...


It is a compilation of all original descriptions related to Birdwing butterflies scanned in colour from original books or periodicals since Linnaeus in 1758 ... Over 30 years of hard work and patience to gather these documents.

Thank you so much Dr Ohya

He also published :

- Birdwing butterflies, 1983, Kodansha, Tokyo

- Catalogue of birdwing butterflies 1758-2000, 2001, by the author

- Catalogue of birdwing butterflies 1758-2008, revised edition, 2009, by the author















A+, Michel

[wollastoni]

Looks like a fantastic and rare book, Michel.
You must be very happy !

[mygos]

More than happy Olivier

A+, Michel

[mokky]

Yes, this huge series are hard to obtain. Dr. OHYA wrote the series on Ornithoptera in the journal "Butterflies". This series has been stopped for years.

[nomad]

The Author with a friend.

[mygos]

Thank you Peter for this historic photograph !

A+, Michel