Original Edmund Evans Plate 1859

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Brenda Gunn

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

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Summary

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

This original colorful Edmund Evans plate containing images of various insects including the stages of the butterfly, 1859, is from The Common Objects of the Country. On the verso is the inscription: "original plate from The Common Objects of the Country, 1859/printed by Evans. Illus. by W. S. Coleman/To Helen & Frank from Ruari Nov. 1967."

This plate was laid in The Reminiscences of Edmund Evans(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967), edited and introduced by Ruari McLean.

Acquisition information:

A gift from Francis L. Berkeley, Jr. of Charlottesville, Virginia, the plate was transferred from the Rare Book Division to the Manuscripts Division on October 9, 1996.