Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

[NATURAL HISTORY]
Two of William Wood's illustrated natural history catalogues in matching fine bindings, one on butterflies and the other on shells, comprising: WOOD, W[ILLIAM] [and] J. O. WESTWOOD. Index Entomologicus; A Complete Illustrated Catalogue, Consisting of Upwards of Two Thousand Accurately Coloured Figures of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain. London: G. Willis, 1854. "A new and revised edition, with supplement." Contemporary green calf spine and corners, decoratively gilt, marbled paper boards, top edge gilt. 9 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (24.75 x 15 cm); [2], ii, 298 pp., hand colored frontispiece and plates. Rubbing and wear, contents intermittently toned, library markings, bookplate, and pasted down slip and pocket; together with: WOOD, W[ILLIAM] and SYLVANUS HANLEY. Index Testaceologicus, an Illustrated Catalogue of British and Foreign Shells... London: Willis and Sotheran, 1856. "A new and entirely revised edition." Contemporary green calf spine and corners, decoratively gilt, marbled paper boards, top edge gilt. [2], xx, 234 pp., hand colored frontispiece and plates. Rubbing and wear, front hinge cracked, occasional spotting and toning, library markings, bookplate, and pasted down slip and pocket.