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The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and Their Collectors (Hardcover)

by The Hon Miriam Rothschild (Foreword), Michael A. Salmon (Author), Peter Marren (Author), Basil Harley (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Harley Books; 1st edition (Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0946589402
  • ISBN-13: 978-0946589401
  • Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This history of British butterflies is combined with a history of their collectors, without whose activities our knowledge of the identification, occurrence, distribution and variation would be much poorer. Liberally laced with contemporary quotations, and containing brief biographies and photographic portraits of about 100 early lepidopterists and their equipment, the volume presents 200 years of butterfly study, including the work of members of the Aurelian Society, founded in the early-18th century. Appendixes provide lists of the entomological societies, journals and transactions, and the collectors themselves, together with a check list of the British and Irish butterflies.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A marvellous glimpse back in time to naturalists of old, 7 Mar 2001
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This well researched book offers a fascinating view of a time when butterflies were pleantiful and collectors more readily tolerated. Ultimately, it is depressing in part I suppose, to read how the countryside has changed since the likes of Tutt, Frohawk and Newman contributed to our knowledge of our butterflies. The book gives a balanced view of the supposed harmful effects of collecting, and confirms that loss of habitat has been, and continues to be, of much greater significance. Since its publication, my 1st edition of Higgins and Riley was my most read Field Guide, but only now do I know more about these gentlemen than the endpaper of their guide. There are many celebrated people here, the very rich, the professional and the dedicated amateur; all united by a love of our most colourful insects (and some would say a love of luxuriant facial hair in many cases!)

I would recommend this book to all enthusiasts of Natural History, particulary anyone with an interest in butterflies, however slight. In addition to biographical detail of individual entomologists, it describes the history of many of the butterflies themselves.

I can see myself referring back to this book for many years to come, both for reference and for light reading about golden summer days long distant. I have often suspected that I was born 100 years too late, in these pages there is at least the opportunity to imagine what life was like!

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