Rainbow Dust Three Centuries of Delight in British Butterflies

Much more than just another field guide or a natural history of butterflies Rainbow Dust explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike. Beginning with the author's own experience of hunting and rearing butterflies as a boy, Peter Marren considers the special place of the butterfly in art, literature, advertising and science, and, latterly, our attempts to conserve them.Rainbow Dust takes in the controversy over collecting, the women who studied them and the curious details that lead to butterflies being feared as well as loved. This is a celebration of butterflies; one shot through with a sense of wonder but also of sorrow at what we are losing.

ISBN:	9781784703189
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Vintage
Published date:	28 Jul 2016
DEWEY:	595.7890941
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	308
Weight:	272g
Height:	196mm
Width:	134mm
Spine width:	21mm

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