Arnold Spuler - Die Schmetterlinge Europas - 1908-1910

Arnold Spuler – Die Schmetterlinge Europas & Die Raupen der Schmetterlinge Europas – Complete 4-volume set – 1908–1910 – 155 original chromolithographic plates
An exceptional complete four-volume set of Arnold Spuler's classic work on the butterflies and moths of Europe, published by E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Stuttgart) between 1908 and 1910.
This set consists of:
Die Schmetterlinge Europas
Volume I (Text) - 385pp.
Volume II (Text) - 523pp.
Volume III (Atlas with 95 original chromolithographic plates)
Die Raupen der Schmetterlinge Europas
Volume IV (Text and Atlas with 60 original chromolithographic plates)
Complete with all 155 original chromolithographic plates (95 + 60).
Spuler's work is regarded as one of the most important early twentieth-century references on European Lepidoptera. The magnificent colour plates illustrate thousands of butterflies, moths, caterpillars and host plants with remarkable scientific accuracy and artistic quality.
Condition
Complete 4-volume set
Original publisher's decorated cloth bindings
All 155 chromolithographic plates present
No missing pages
Bindings firm and solid
Clean interiors
Bright, fresh plates with vivid colours
Minor wear to the extremities of the bindings consistent with age
Overall in very good condition.
A beautiful and increasingly scarce complete set, highly desirable for collectors of natural history, entomology and finely illustrated scientific books.
The books will be carefully packed and shipped insured.