Book, "British Butterflies" by W.S. Coleman
Description
"British Butterflies" by W.S. Coleman. Small instructional volume about butterfly collecting in Britain, with colour plates. Blue and green cover with black and white image of a butterfly. Fly leaf inscribed to "PETER LAURENCE PECKHAM / WITH LOVE/ FROM / FATHER / On His BIRTHDAY / 30 APRIL 1934". Pressed flower between pages 66 and 67.
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Peter
Peckham
was
a
prolific
bug
collector
throughout
the
Taranaki
region
and
beyond
during
the
second
half
of
the
1900s.
He
worked
closely
with
other
local
collectors
such
as
Ken
Fox.
This
book
was
gifted
to
him
by
his
father
when
he
was
a
child.
It
is
to
this
gift
that
he
attributes
his
lifelong
love
of
collecting.
Accession number
PA2016.138
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