# The butterfly guide Author: Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932 Genre: Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73524 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+butterfly+guide+Holland&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Recent advances in the arts make it possible to illustrate books at much less cost than formerly. An important invention is the process of printing in three colors from half-tone plates. The author of this manual was one of the first to use this process in illustrating a work upon the lepidoptera. When “The Butterfly Book” appeared he received letters from many scientific friends expressing their wonder. Among those who wrote to him was Dr. Samuel Hubbard Scudder, the Nestor among American lepidopterists, who has since passed away. He said: “I am simply astonished at the fidelity to nature displayed by the plates in your book, and at the low price at which the new process permits it to be... ## Chapters - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-butterfly-guide-73524/chapters/13/index.md)