Rainbow dust : three centuries of delight in British butterflies /

by Marren, Peter [author.].

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BookPublisher: London : Square Peg, 2015Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780224098656 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 595.789 MARSubject(s): Butterflies -- Great Britain | Popular Science | Popular Science and MathematicsSummary: Much more than just another field guide or a natural history of butterflies, this book explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike. In this uniquely eloquent and deeply personal book, naturalist Peter Marren explores the special place that butterflies hold in our hearts, in our cultural lives and in our imagination and recalls his own lifetime's obsession with these ephemeral creatures.

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Much more than just another field guide or a natural history of butterflies, this book explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike. In this uniquely eloquent and deeply personal book, naturalist Peter Marren explores the special place that butterflies hold in our hearts, in our cultural lives and in our imagination and recalls his own lifetime's obsession with these ephemeral creatures.

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