Yale Center for British Art

Title:: The night-flyers : a series of moth pictures.
Published / Created:: London : Paul Jerrard & Son, 170 Fleet St., [ca. 1860?]
Physical Description:: [30] pages : hand-colored illustrations ; 27 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
QL543 .N544 1860+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: The general text is printed in pink. The text of headings, title page, presentation page, publisher's advertisements (p. [29]), and floral borders are printed in gold.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's caoutchouc binding, with gilt-stamped decoration on front cover; rebacked. The presentation page is inscribed: "Our dear mother, Mary Anne Cay, her affectionate children, William, Matthew, Robert & Mary Anne, December 25th, 1861."
Contents:: The deathshead moth -- The ghost moth -- The red under-wing -- The tiger moth -- The yellow under-wing -- The night moth -- The marsh moth -- The peach-blossom moth -- The puss moth -- The eggar moth.
Subject Terms:: Moths -- Pictorial works. | Natural history. | Cay, Mary Anne -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:: Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860. | Caoutchouc bindings (Binding) | Publisher's advertisements. | Gift books.
Contributors:: Paul Jerrard & Son, publisher.