A History Of British Butterflies.

4to original blue green pictorial cloth, gilt lettering on spine and gilt illustration on spine and top cover, illustrated with 79 color plates, 234 pp. Binding is worn and frayed at extremities, spine split and torn, especially on at top edge, hinges a are weak, front endpapers are loose. a couple of preliminary pages with edge tears or folds, but not affecting plates or text, normal aging and browning; plates generally clean and bright. Morris' (1810-1893) work contains 79 hand colored plates, and a couple of black and white lithographs illustrating the tools of the trade for collecting butterflies. Each plate usually contains two or three illustrations, and is followed by a detailed description.