(Butterflies & Moths, Lepidoptera.) John Obadiah Westwood & ...

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(Butterflies & Moths, Lepidoptera.) John Obadiah Westwood & Henry Noel Humphreys: 'British Butterflies and their Transformations', London, William Smith, 1848, additional hand coloured lithograph title page + 42 hand coloured lithograph plates as called for, 'British Moths and their Transformations', London, William Smith, 1843-45, 1st edition, 2 volumes, 124 hand coloured lithograph plates as called for, all large 4to (30 x 23cm), uniform original publisher's pictorial red cloth gilt, rebacked (British Moths Vol. II retaining top half of original backstrip, other 2 volumes retaining original backstrips), bookplates of the Rev. Henry Temple Frere, rector of Burston (nr. Diss), Norfolk. Two of Humphrey's most accomplished works as a naturalist illustrator. (3)