HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel. The Genera and Species of British Butterflies. Described and arranged according to the system now adopted in the British Museum. xii, 66, 4pp.(appendix on preserving butterflies and moths)., with additional engraved coloured title-page and 32 fine hand coloured plates of groups of butterflies against floral backgrounds. A good copy in original gilt cloth, all-edges-gilt. Some light wear to the head and tail of the spine and corners. Faint old waterstaining to the top inner margin of the first two leaves of text, and some slight foxing. Binder’s ticket of Smith Brothers, 5 Ivy Lane, and armorial book-plate of Walter Somerville Gurney, (1858-1942). 4to. Paul Jerrard and Son. [1859].