As nature shows them; moths and buterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains. - Denton, Sherman F. (Sherman Foote), 1856-1937. (Boston, B. Whidden, 1900)
Originally issued in 8 sections, and published 1897-1900. Pt. I: The moths; part II: The butterflies.
"A limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is copy no. 249."
"The colored plates, or nature prints, used in the work, are direct transfers from the insects themselves, ... the scales of the wings of the insects are transfered to the paper while the bodies are printed from engravings and afterwards colored by hand."
Keywords: Lepidoptera -- United States; Nature-printing and nature-prints.