British Butterflies And Their Transformations. [With] British Moths And Their Transformations. Humphreys, H.N. And Westwood, J.O. Fine Illustrated And Antiquarian Entomology

Three volumes with 166 hand-coloured lithograph plates and additional hand-coloured title to Butterfly volume as published. 4to. Hardback. All edges marbled. With period signature of Isobel Borred to each half-title. Occ. light spotting, a little heavier at ends and to Vol. II of Moths, o/w. contents in fine condition. Handsomely bound in later black half calf over marbled boards, with gilt lettering and decoration, lightly rubbed to boards, a few minor white marks o/w. fine. A pleasing opportunity to obtain a matching set of this sought after work. Author of the excellent book on the great butterfly collectors, ‘The Aurelian Legacy’, Michael Salmon believes Henry Noel Humphreys was equal in talent to one of the finest insect illustrators of the 19th Century, John Curtis. High praise indeed. Coupled with the prodigously talented John Obadiah Westwood, it is no wonder that this work is thought of so highly.