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and aberrations was very extensive and complete. It was housed in fine Gurney cabinets (Thomas Gurney, cabinet maker, Broadway, London Fields). Equally well known was his library which contained many rare and very rare works (he was also a book dealer). Smart also had historic specimens which had
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Tennent, W. J. (2005). "The 'National Butterfly Museum' (Bramber, West Sussex) and dispersal of butterfly 'type' material following a Sotheby's sale in 1983".
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of Rue du Bac, Paris; and Henri Descimon of the Laboratoire de Zoologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris.
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The first dealership was at 58 High street Tunbridge Wells. When it became a museum, it was at
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Nash, R. & Samson, C. (1990). "A Fourth Irish Specimen of the Small Mountain Ringlet
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Samson, C. (1984). "Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of Vanuatu".
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which was published as a paperback by Saruman Butterflies in 1973.
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Samson, C. (1979). "Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of the
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Samson, C. & Smart, P. (1980). "A review of the Genus
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Naikia: Journal of the Vanuatu Natural Science Society
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Naika: Journal of the Vanuatu Natural Science Society
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The enterprise failed and the collection was sold at
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The Aurelian: Or, Natural History of English Insects
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
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"A new species of 161:house on a site associated with the 168:The new Saruman Museum (named from 554:Natural history museums in England 14: 269:Publications about the collection 373:from the Solomons and Vanautu". 276:The International Butterfly Book 264:of 1840. A typical Smart choice. 184:British Museum (Natural History) 144:Butterflies Presented By Saruman 134:and much cited as ; Smart, 1976 110:. The founder, Paul Edgar Smart 20: 521:Biological Curators Newsletter 289:Amateur Entomologists' Society 1: 207:auction house in July 1982. 140:The Illustrated Encyclopedia 432:(Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)" 575: 549:Defunct museums in England 454:Irish Naturalists' Journal 278:. N.Y.: Thomas C. Crowell. 157:in Sussex, a 15th-century 136:Illust. Encyp. Butt. World 130:. It is a seminal work of 104:National Butterfly Museum 515:Woodward, F. W. (1898). 29:This article includes a 559:Butterfly organizations 428:complex, with notes on 58:more precise citations. 505:Entomologist's Gazette 451:Knoch (Lepidoptera)". 422:Samson, C. A. (1986). 265: 250: 233:(1766, 2nd ed. 1775). 108:natural history dealer 91: 296:(315): 56-62. (about 274:Smart, P. E. (1975). 256: 239: 198:Alfred Russel Wallace 179:The Lord of the Rings 89: 349:. 8, 12 pp., 2 maps. 151:St Giles in the Wood 118:, was the author of 106:and functioned as a 426:Hypolimnas octocula 116:gentleman scientist 544:Museums in England 492:. Crescent Books. 488:Smart, P. (1989). 266: 251: 114:(born c. 1940), a 92: 31:list of references 364:(2): 1–19. (1982) 216:magasin Deyrolles 84: 83: 76: 566: 342:Graphium weiskei 311:from Trinidad". 287:Bulletin of the 174:J. R. R. 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