JERRARD (PAUL) AND SON, publishers The Night-Flyers. A Series of Moth-Pictures, FIRST EDITION, P...

JERRARD (PAUL) AND SON, publishers The Night-Flyers. A Series of Moth-Pictures, FIRST EDITION, hand-coloured pictorial title, pictorial presentation leaf, 10 hand-coloured lithographed plates, index printed in gold, text printed in red with headings in gilt and decorative borders in gilt or hand-colouring, publisher's advertisement at end, publisher's morocco-backed imitation tortoiseshell boards, upper cover titled in gilt within ornamental border, g.e., floral endpapers printed in gold, preserved in the original cotton-wool lined glazed paper drop-back box (rubbed), in later purpose-made fabric-lined solander box [Dunbar 56], large 8vo (270 x 185mm.), Paul Jerrard & Son, [c.1860] Footnotes: An exceptional copy of 'a scarce treasure for the collector' (Dunbar). Published as part of Paul Jerrard's series 'Cream and Gold Presents appropriate for marriage, birthday and festive occasions for all seasons', with plates depicting ten varieties of moth set against flower backgrounds. Provenance: Anthony David Estill, bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing