British Butterflies: Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species

"British Butterflies: Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species" by W. S. (William Stephen) Coleman is a 19th-century catalog made to teach people about British butterflies. It shares everything about each butterfly that lives in Britain, with thorough details about how they grow, what their bodies are like, how they act, where they live, and how to catch and keep them as specimens. The book starts by saying how great butterflies are and that it wants to help more people learn about and like them. Coleman tells how the book will show butterflies and aims to be easy for young scientists to learn from. He talks about how fun it is to hunt for butterflies, invites people to get outside, and uses detailed pictures from real life to accurately show each type of butterfly. The first part of the book makes it clear what a butterfly is, shows how it's different from moths, and then goes deeply into all the steps of a butterfly's life, from when it's an egg to when it's a caterpillar to when it's in a chrysalis, pointing out all the amazing parts of how they change.