| Description | 1860, 3rd edition, quarto, 140pp, 42 finely hand-coloured plates and decorative engraved title-page, all in very clean and fresh condition, each plate artistically depicts several species of butterfly with flowers and food-plants together with larvae and pupae, contemporary full red calf, spine with raised bands and decorative gilt tooling,all edges gilt, a very good copy of this classic Victorian book which is much sought after for the beautiful illustrations and informative text, William and Robert Chambers |
