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Entomology/Lepidoptera: A Cabinet Collection of British, European

Entomology/Lepidoptera: A Cabinet Collection of British, European

Entomology/Lepidoptera: A Cabinet Collection of British, European, and World Butterflies and Moths, mid-late 20th century, Entomology/Lepidoptera: A Cabinet Collection of British, European, and World Butterflies and Moths, mid-late 20th century, a superb private collection of over one thousand seven hundred World moths and tropical Butterflies, collected over a sixty five year career, preserved and expertly presented within a high-quality J.J. Hill twenty drawer mahogany entomology cabinet, each drawer with a protective glass cover, cabinet measuring 99.5cm by 52cm by 63.5cm, - this collection of World moths is a credit to the vendor, collected over a 65 year period while travelling throughout Europe and Asia, some specimens were collected by professional entomologists while on location in some far reach countries, now reluctantly offered for sale, cabinet originally sourced from the British Natural History Museum, London, by repute the cabinet was previously part of the Rothchild collection

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