Books on butterflies

Books on butterflies

Books
I started purchasing books on butterflies when I was young. At the beginning very simple guides with no taxonomic-scientific interest and full of mistakes. Well, it did not matter to me I was just interested in beautiful drawings. I much prefer, I have always preferred books with illustrations than photographs, I find them so charming. In any case, photographs show the insects as they are in the real world, both prepared specimens and butterflies in their natural environment. As far as the European butterflies are concerned I have two classic field guides written by Tom Tolman and Lionel G. Higgins. These works have been published a number of times in different countries and are beautifully illustrated by Richard Levington and Brian Hargreaves. I have also, in my library, some books…
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Who is Linda Loible?

Who is Linda Loible?

cards, Illustration
As I am so really fond of butterflies I have treasured a bunch of items related to these: books, stamps, craft; in any case, I am not really a collector. I also own a range of old cards (more particularly two small albums published in Great Britain by Crosse & Blackwell and Brooke Bond Tea). In the last one, the illustrations achieved by Richard Ward are wonderful top quality items. I also own some samples of punched cards printed into iridescent paper (these were gifts of a Spanish pastries company). Let’s focus on the album: we can read in the first page the name of the very first owner “Linda Loible” along with her address. I was tempted, I had thought so many times about sending her a letter and…
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