The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and Their Collectors

Author: Michael A. Salmon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 This entertaining and informative book traces the history of butterfly collection in Britain from the seventeenth century, when the study of natural history had its beginnings. Our knowledge of butterflies is the result of four hundred years of collection and study. However, butterfly collecting is a controversial subject today, and given the present state of butterfly populations, indiscriminate gathering of specimens can no longer be justified. In addition to giving...Read more