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184817405London: Longman & Co 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. iv1312pp. Thirty-two pages are chromolithographed by Humphreys in addition there is a leaf of the illuminator' s remarks and one comprising an index of the miracles. Bound in the original black papier-mache covers designed to look like carved ebony. The binding was based on one carved in ivory in the 12th Century and has medallions of the principal miracles intertwined with ornate decorations and the title. The front and rear covers are identical. The book is exuberantly illustrated using chromolithography on 32 pages alternating between hot bright colors and cool pages subtly tinted with various shades the whole combining to make both a magnificent tribute to Medieval illustration and to the then new and novel technique of chromolithography. Marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Nicely rebacked in plain black leather;; a few small cracks in the binding edges and corners neatly mended but a very good copy. The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings 160-162. Housed in a custom slipcase. Longman & Co hardcover
181055228London John Murray/Thomas Davison 1810-21. 8vo. Bound in 6 uniform near contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Wear to spine-ends. Gilt lettering. Upper part of spine on the first volume loosening. Light wear to edges. All but one are Murray imprint. In general clean and fine on good paper. <br/><br/><em>An interesting collection of nearly all of Byron's works and here with many first editions. </em> unknown
181055228London, John Murray/Thomas Davison, 1810-21. 8vo. Bound in 6 uniform near contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Wear to spine-ends. Gilt lettering. Upper part of spine on the first volume loosening. Light wear to edges. All but one are Murray imprint. In general clean and fine, on good paper.
185320949London: Ingram Cooke and Co. 1853 A connected narative of the development of the art its primeval phases in Egypt China Mexico etc; its middle state in the Cuneatic systems of Nineveh and Persepolis to its introduction to Europe through the medium of the Hebrew Phoenician and Greek systems and its subsequent progress to the present day. viii 176pp gilt all edges. 28 plates all present and correct. All colour plates are signed H.N.Humphreys. Lith.Day & Son. Lith.rs to the Queen. All black and white plates are signed 'Printed by Paul Jerrard 111 Fleet St'. Marbled end papers and pastedowns. Black papie mache with red backing paper. The design is the same on both covers comprising a leaf and flower border with three fillets inside. The centre is occupied by a large foliage stem which surrounds the title. The lower pastedown bears the binders label of Leighton Son & Hodge Shoe Lane London Ball 53A The binding has been meticulously rebacked with the original gold blocked design relaid. There is no loss or damage to the papier mache. Internally there is light random foxing throughout. This is a rare survivor of a spectacular binding fully deserving of the new Solander box in which it is now housed. Ingram, Cooke and Co. hardcover
1849009747London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1849 Folio 56 cm 2 15 pp. letterpress title printed in red and black additional chromolithographic title 39 chromolithographic plates and one uncoloured plate. Contemporary half leather over red cloth spine with raised bands gilt-lettered title all edges gilt binding worn but sound with rubbing to extremities and some skinning of the leather mainly on the back board; spotting and toning throughout occasionally heavy; indistinct bookbinder's stamp on front pastedown. An important and lavishly produced survey of the art of illumination from the fourth to the seventeenth century by Henry Noel Humphreys 1810-1879 one of the leading Victorian interpreters of medieval art with plates executed by Owen Jones the foremost designer and chromolithographer of the period. The text provides a concise but learned overview of Roman Byzantine Insular Carolingian Gothic and Renaissance illumination reflecting contemporary scholarship and the nineteenth-century revival of interest in medieval ornament. The magnificent full-page chromolithographic plates printed from stone in rich colours and often at the scale of the originals reproduce some of the finest examples of manuscript illumination including leaves from the Lindisfarne Gospels Italian Renaissance manuscripts Franco-Flemish court productions and Gothic devotional books. The plates remain vivid and striking. A good copy of one of the most significant Victorian publications on medieval art. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover
1824186939London: John Murray vols I-VI; Knight and Lacey IX; John & Henry L. Hunt X-XI 1824-27. Fine contemporary morocco A very attractive mixed-imprint set in well-preserved bindings. 11 vols octavo 160 x 103 mm. Contemporary blue straight-grain morocco spines lettered in gilt gilt lozenge tool to upper and lower compartments gilt ivy-leaf frame to boards enclosing blind roll and corner rosettes green coated endpapers edges gilt blue bookmarkers. Unobtrusive scratches to boards corners bumped intermittent foxing heavy in vol. XI. A very good set presenting well in the bindings. hardcover
1832139270London: John Murray 1832-33. An attractive set An attractive library set of Byron's works complete with the three Don Juan volumes added to the edition including all his poems and plays letters and journals and the Life by his friend Thomas Moore. 17 vols octavo 166 x 104 mm. Engraved frontispieces and vignette title pages. Contemporary red half morocco spines lettered in gilt marbled sides and endpapers. Bindings with sporadic rubbing but generally in nice shape slight discoloration to some endpapers contents lightly toned else clean and unmarked. An excellent set. unknown
1861009786Washington D. C: Superintendent of Documents 1861. 5 parts in one volume. 2 large folding lithographic maps clean/no tears 8 fine folding lithographic views 8 chromolithographic beautiful color plates showing dress of various Indian tribes along river and 16 lithographic plates of views and fossils from sketches by Baldwin Mollhausen all clean and in excellent condition. Original decorated black cloth gilt with spine cloth missing. Overall tight and clean. Minimal foxing. Frst edition This is the Senate and preferred issue. Probably best known as the engineer and architect of the Washington Monument 1859-1860 in 1857 Ives was "promoted to first lieutenant and was named to lead an expedition up the Colorado River in order to develop potential routes of supply in the event of a war between the national government and the Mormon settlements in Deseret Utah. Ives's expedition included John Strong Newberry as naturalist the Prussian Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen as artist and unofficial diarist and F. W. Egloffstein as topographer. Ives purchased a steamboat in Philadelphia. The vessel was taken apart and shipped via the Isthmus of Panama to California and thence to the mouth of the Colorado River where Ives and the members of his expedition rendezvoused late in 1857. Ives and his men reassembled the steamboat and christened it the Explorer. They launched the ship on 31 December 1857 and set out on their journey of reconnaissance. Overall with exception of spine covering missing an exceptional copy. Clean. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. Illus. by Möllhausen Heinrich Baldwin. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Superintendent of Documents Hardcover
1879B6441London: John Murray. 1879. A fine copy in publisher’s decorative half red calf. Binding: contemporary half red calf over marbled boards title in gilt on two spine with five raised bands spine with decorative gilt ruling and central devices marbled upper and lower endpapers top edges in gilt. Notes: The books Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates and A Pilgrimage to Nejd are attributed to her and were based on her journals but were extensively edited by her husband. Illustrated with a folding map and hand-coloured woodcuts by the author. <br><br>Anne Isabella Noel Blunt 1837 – 1917 known for most of her life as Lady Anne Blunt was co-founder with her husband the poet Wilfrid Blunt of the Crabbet Arabian Stud in England and the Sheykh Obeyd estate near Cairo. The two married on 8 June 1869. From the late 1870s Wilfrid and Lady Anne travelled extensively in Arabia and the Middle East buying Arabian horses from Bedouin tribesmen and the Egyptian Ali Pasha Sherif. Among the great and influential horses they took to England were Azrek Dajania Queen of Sheba Rodania and the famous Ali Pasha Sherif stallion Mesaoud. To this day the vast majority of purebred Arabian horses trace their lineage to at least one Crabbet ancestor.<br><br> Size: 8vo. Illustration: Illustrated with a folding map and hand-coloured woodcuts by the author. Volume: 2 volumes. Category: Book Asia Middle East General; Book Plate Books Colour; John Murray. hardcover
1855225549<p>London John Murray 1855. 1855. "A New Edition" so stated. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Full gilt stamped polished tan calf spines with raised bands gilt stamped devices within gilt stamped compartments gilt stamped green and tan labels covers double gilt ruled with decorative corner devices gilt stamped edges blindstamped inner dentelles marbled endpapers and edges minor rubbing. Very good. 6 volumes complete. An attractive fresh set. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover.</p> John Murray, 1855 hardcover books
1861230141Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1861. First edition. Frontispiece 1 profile 8 fold-out panoramic views 24 lithographs some with tinted backgrounds 8 have been additionally hand-colored without 4 fold-out maps; 131; 154; 30; 6; 31 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/8 x 8-5/8 inches. Later quarter cloth and marbled boards and endpapers. Fine copy. Bookplate of the Burndy Library with withdrawal stamp on the front pastedown. First edition. Frontispiece 1 profile 8 fold-out panoramic views 24 lithographs some with tinted backgrounds 8 have been additionally hand-colored without 4 fold-out maps; 131; 154; 30; 6; 31 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/8 x 8-5/8 inches. Inscribed to Benjamin Silliman. William Goetzmann calls Lieutenant Ives's complete report "The best by far of these individual reports.It is a long carefully written journal consciously literary but with a maximum amount of attention to scientific observation. John Strong Newberry's geological report which accompanied Ives's narrative is one of the best of the government geological reports." Goetzmann gives a full account of the expedition in Army Exploration in the American West pp.379-94. Includes these separately numbered parts: Geological Report. By Dr. John Strong Newberry; Botany. By Professors Asa Gray John Torrey et al.; Zoology. By Professor Spencer Fullerton Baird; and Appendices<br/><br/>Inscribed by John Strong Newberry on the title page: "Prof. B. Silliman Jr. with the kind regards of J.S. Newberry." John Strong Newberry who was the naturalist on Ives' expedition up the Colorado River wrote Part III of this Report which deals with the Geology and Paleontology of the regions they explored. Ives' party were among the first white men to visit the floor of the Grand Canyon and upon their return it was Newberry who realized the canyon's geological significance and encouraged further exploration. It is likely that Newberry inscribed this copy to Benjamin Silliman Jr. a famous chemist and Yale professor whose analysis of "rock oil" in Pennsylvania in 1855 introduced investors to the potential of petroleum and led to the drilling of Edwin Drake's successful oil well on his property in 1857. Silliman also took on consulting activities in the American West in the 1860's and favorably reported on petroleum deposits in southern California as well as gold and silver properties in California Nevada and northern Arizona. Howes I-I92; Wagner-Camp 375; Sabin 35308; Wheat Transmississippi West 4: pp.98-101; Flake 4287; Goetzmann pp.379-394; Larned 412; Paher Nevada: An Annotated Bibliography 952; Arizona 100:47 Government Printing Office unknown books
184354394Paris: N.-P. Lerebours 1843. Fourth edition. 8vo. vi 203 pp. folding engraved plate plus 14 pp. catalogue possibly lacking a terminal leaf. Publisher's original printed blue wrappers which are chipped at the spine ends and have a 3-inch separation along the front joint. There is scattered foxing to the text and engraved plate with one leaf of the catalogue crudely opened. On the upper tip of the front wrapper the author has signed and inscribed "Hommage l'auteur N P Lereboures." A very good moderately worn presentation copy. N.P. Lerebours is most noted for his publications EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES 1841-1844 the first large-scaled publication illustrated from photographs as well as for his manufacture of apparatuses of which he was among the first. <br /> <br /> In this work he discusses the underlying theory of the photographic process and the numerous practical methodologies of the day. Largely concerned with the daguerreotype with a compilation of writings by the inventors or practitioners themselves - the list of reads as a European directory of the most famous of the period. There are sections on the galvanographic process to make prints from daguerreotypes and the gravure process of Fizeau. Although stated as the fourth edition it should be referred to as the fourth enlarged and revised edition; his earlier publications had various other titles and were less than half the length of this work. The appended priced catalog lists all manner of photographic apparatus. There are several pages concerned with his publication EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES and the various contents that could be ordered. <br /> <br /> In Catalogue 52 Commemorating the Centenary of Fox Talbot and Daguerre 1839 - 1939 E. P. Goldschmidt called this "the first standard hand-book of photography." WorldCat locates eight copies in European libraries with a single North American copy held by the University of Ottawa. Roosens and Salu No. 2842. Bellier de la Chavignerie Manuel Bibliographie du Photographe Francais 1863 No. 18. N.-P. Lerebours unknown
184351857Paris: N.-P. Lerebours 1843. Fourth ed. 8vo. iv 203 pp. folding plate plus 16 pp. catalogue. Cloth backed marbled paper over boards with a morocco spine label. The half-title shows modest soiling; occasional scattered foxing with a small stain to the top blank corner of the last few leaves; the original owner has signed his name on the blank reverse of the title page with bleed-through; else very good. N.P. Lerebours is most noted for his publications EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES 1841-1844 the first large-scaled publication illustrated from photographs as well as for his manufacture of apparatuses of which he was among the first. <br /> <br /> In this work he discusses the underlying theory of the photographic process and the numerous practical methodologies of the day. Largely concerned with the daguerreotype with a compilation of writings by the inventors or practitioners themselves - the list of reads as a European directory of the most famous of the period. There are sections on the galvanographic process to make prints from daguerreotypes and the gravure process of Fizeau. Although stated as the fourth edition it should be referred to as the fourth enlarged and revised edition; his earlier publications had various other titles and were less than half the length of this work. The appended priced catalog lists all manner of photographic apparatus. There are several pages concerned with his publication EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES and the various contents that could be ordered. <br /> <br /> In Catalogue 52 Commemorating the Centenary of Fox Talbot and Daguerre 1839 - 1939 E. P. Goldschmidt called this "the first standard hand-book of photography." WorldCat locates eight copies in European libraries with a single North American copy held by the University of Ottawa. Roosens and Salu No. 2842. Bellier de la Chavignerie Manuel Bibliographie du Photographe Francais 1863 No. 18.<br /> <br /> <br /> WorldCat locates eight copies in European libraries witha single North American copy the University of Ottawa. Roosens and Salu No. 2842. Bellier de la Chavignerie Manuel Bibliographie du Photographe Francais 1863 No. 18. In Catalogue 52 Commemorating the Centenary of Fox Talbot and Daguerre 1839 - 1939 E. P. Goldschmidt called this "the first standard hand-book of photography. N.-P. Lerebours unknown
1841190305London: William Smith 1841. A gem of 19th-century entomological illustration First edition of this splendidly illustrated book one of Humphreys's most accomplished works as a naturalist illustrator. It is a collaboration with the leading entomologist John Westwood who contributed the letterpress. A skilled artist trained in Brussels Humphreys became interested in natural history after a tour of Italy. Upon his return he settled in London as a neighbour of a relative the landscape architect and prolific author J. C. Loudon. Humphreys is "deservedly remembered for his extensive and significant contribution to the commercially produced book" ODNB. He wrote for a series of garden periodicals including Loudon's Gardener's Magazine and published two entomological works with Westwood: the present work on butterflies and subsequently British Moths and Their Transformations 1843-45. Both proved extremely popular. Westwood 1805-1893 was one of the first entomologists to obtain an academic position at Oxford University and he founded with Frederick William Hope the Entomological Society of London. In 1846 the name Westwoodia was given in his honour to a genus of Hymenoptera. He was himself a skilled insect illustrator contributing drawings to several publications between the 1820s and the the 1840s. Large quarto 266 x 206 mm. Original green roan spine with gilt raised bands lettering and floral decoration in compartments covers with blind frame enclosing elaborate floral border and centrepiece board edges and turn-ins richly gilt yellow coated endpapers edges gilt. Hand-coloured lithographic title page and 42 similar plates. Old bookseller's slips loosely inserted; ownership inscription on front free endpaper of the London dentist Ashley William Barrett 1848-1939 and his brother Henry John dated 1901 inscription of one David S. Smith below. Spine and board edges faded to brown corners worn a few marks to covers extremities skilfully refurbished and front inner hinge repaired occasional faint spot of foxing or small mark to contents else clean. A very good copy. hardcover
1848182652London: Longman & Co. 1848. One of the "supreme examples of Victorian Gothic" First edition of this icon of 19th-century book design. It is one of a handful of titles that showcase Humphrey's black so-called papier-mâché binding and displays a fantastic suite of his chromolithographs. Such bindings which imitate carved ebony were cast in plaster over a papier mâché mould. "The result was splendidly gothic and impressive" and they represent "perhaps the biggest triumph among all the ingenuities of Victorian commercial book-binding" McLean pp. 72 & 151. This design was inspired by a binding of carved ivory on a psalter in the British Museum. Humphreys 1810-1879 was also heavily influenced by Italian and Flemish manuscripts of the Middle Ages. The skill of the chromolithography demonstrated here is masterly and improves upon that of his previous titles. Octavo. Chromolithograph title page heightened in gilt 31 chromolithograph leaves with text and borders in medieval style 4 pp. letterpress at end. Original black plaster boards with elaborate gothic relievo design by Humphreys incorporating six medallion vignettes depicting miracles black embossed morocco spine spine and both boards lettered in relief gilt inner dentelles Fountain pattern marbled endpapers gilt edges. Housed in a custom blue cloth box. Relievo crisp and unrubbed boards superficially cracked at edges lower corners bumped letterpress pages foxed plates bright. A near-fine copy. Ruari McLean Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing 1963. hardcover
187912340Paris, Librairie Générale (Imprimerie E. Capiomont et V. Renault), 1879 ; in-folio, demi-chagrin maroquiné cerise à coins, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets à froid, caissons décorés et dorés, double filet doré sur les plats, titre et tête dorés, filets dorés sur les plats (reliure de l’époque) ; (4), 66, (2) pp., 12 eaux-fortes hors-texte dont une aquarellée en frontispice.
181638597John Murray 1816. 8vo. First Edition EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with engraved frontispiece and 18 engraved plates; most attractively bound in full red calf sides with gilt frame border expertly rebacked to style with old backstrip gilt laid down gilt top gilt dentelles marbled endpapers uncut a remarkably well-preserved fresh crisp copy. With the publisher's 4pp catalogue dated February 1816 at end. THIS COPY WAS BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY FOR CHICAGO PUBLISHER AND WHOLESALER A.C. McCLURG; the binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. It was possibly compiled on behalf of a dedicated collector for the plates and portraits are numerous and relevant. The frontispiece 'Leila' engraved by Mote after Corbaux and 11 plates relate to the first work; the remaining 7 plates to the second. Of particular interest are the fine portraits of John Hobhouse to whom the work is dedicated by Hopwood after Wivell and John Sobieski engraved by Thomson from a picture in the Louvre. A MOST UNUSUAL AND EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE COPY IN sympathetically restored period binding. Randolph p. 55; Wise I p.106. John Murray, unknown
18471267London: Longman & Company 1847. First edition. First edition. 12mo. Superbly bound in full black impressed morocco binding over beveled boards by Hayday. 31 chromolithographed full-page illustrations chromo title-page text borders and initials all by Noel Humphreys. A monumental production of this most notable and sought-after early Victorian landmark in book binding and color production. A fine copy with almost no signs of wear seldom seen in this condition. Longman & Company unknown
18471267London: Longman & Company 1847. First edition. First edition. 12mo. Superbly bound in full black impressed morocco binding over beveled boards by Hayday. 31 chromolithographed full-page illustrations chromo title page text borders and initials all by Noel Humphreys. A monumental production of this most notable and sought-after early Victorian landmark in book binding and color production. A fne copy with almost no signs of wear seldom seen in this condition. <br/><br/> Longman & Company hardcover books
1896159811896. Paris Imprimerie Chaix (Ateliers Chéret) 1896 - Toilée 88 cm x 125 cm - Affiche de Jules Chéret pour les Grands Magasins du Louvre - Quelques légers manques à restaurer sinon bon état
184721823London: Longmans 1847. Humphreys Noel. 8vo 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. Chromolithographed title page and 31 chromolithographed pages with text symbolic borders miniatures and initials printed in gold black and colors 2 page printed explanation and advertising leaf. Publisher's papier-maché boards covered with black plaster molded to appear like a Gothic carved wood binding with gilt stamped leather back. Although as inevitable with the gutta-percha gluing the leaves have become detached this is nonetheless an exemplary and extraordinarily fine copy of a fragile production usually found quite worn often missing the spine the edges chipped etc. but here with the binding showing almost no wear and even the gilt on the cover edges intact and the spine gilt visible though tarnished. This is the earliest example of this innovative use of materials to reproduce antiquarian handmade work and it met with considerable commercial success. Cornelius Hauck copy with bookplate. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 231; Abbey Life 222. <br /><br /> Longmans hardcover books
1877008666New York: Harper & Brother Publishers 1877. SCARCE in collectible condition. A lovely copy in original gilt-stamped grey beveled cloth boards all edges gilt grey end papers 12 numbered pages plus 38 plates with tissue guards illustrated frontispiece and title vignette. Very Good Plus small loss of cloth at spine ends and tips rear covers stained and soiled small tear to edge blank front end page. Copies this lovely uncommon in recent commerce. . Second American Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Harper & Brother Publishers Hardcover books
1832145545London: John Murray 1832-33. A handsome set A very handsome set of Byron's collected works including his letters and journals and Moore's biography of the poet. 17 vols octavo 163 x 100 mm. With engraved frontispieces and vignette title pages. Contemporary green morocco spines lettered in gilt gilt in compartments gilt borders and turn-ins marbled endpapers gilt edges. Spines lightly sunned minor browning to plates and sporadic very light foxing; a superb set. unknown
18151717131815. GOUFFE Armand. Les jeux des jeunes garcons representes par un grand nombre d'estampes accompagnees de l'explication des regles de fables inedites et d'anecdotes. 24 engraved and coloured plates. Small oblong 4to 205 x 233 mm. red half-cloth with corners and marbled paper boards. Paris: Nepveu Libraire 1815. A delightful and complete set of twenty-four plates in exquisite contemporary hand colouring depicting young boys playing a variety of games. The plates are described in the Bibliotheque Nationale catalogue as being the work of Noel Jeune which he made to accompany the work by Armand Gouffé. In immaculate condition. Extremely rare. OCLC lists copies at NYPL and UCLA both with text. Provenance: Félicie Meunié d'Hostel 1843-1935 with her engraved bookplate. hardcover
18494505034London: Wm. S. Orr & Co and William Smith 1849. Three volumes quarto profusely illustrated with full-page plates exquisitely hand-coloured; uniformly bound in half morocco richly gilt all edges gilt with the gilt arms of the Barons Sherborne. <p><p>A very fine copy in a grand binding with excellent provenance of this remarkable collaboration an exquisite work of Victorian natural history. As one of the pre-eminent entomologists of the Victorian period John Obadiah Westwood 1805-1893 served as collaborator editor and consultant on many entomological publications. He was a prodigious author and researcher publishing some four hundred scientific papers and some twenty books as well as making numerous contributions to works by other authors. In 1833 he was one of the founding members of the Entomological Society and he became honorary life president in 1883 and a fellow of the Linnaean Society. It was for his study of Australian species that Anthony Musgrave author of the Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775-1930 named the period 1831-1861 "The Westwoodian Period" in recognition of his great service during these years to Australian entomology Musgrave p. 345. </p> <p>Henry Noel Humphreys 1810-1879 was an accomplished illustrator and scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins archaeology and the art of writing and printing enriching even these simplest texts with exquisite chromolithographs printed by Owen Jones. He was inspired to embark on this ambitious planned survey of British insects following a trip to Italy. In the Preface he likened the person in the fields unacquainted with natural history to one placed in a library and unable to read. "He cannot read in the beautiful book of nature when in the summer it opens its brightest leaves". </p> <p>A contemporary review in The Lancet noted: The plates exquisitely drawn by Mr. Humphreys represent the insect in its three great stages-as the caterpillar the chrysalis and the butterfly or moth -all hanging side by side on the plants which furnish their ordinary food. The transformation thus seems to take place under the eye; and the metamorphoses are associated in the mind without any effort." In response to Humphreys' claim that "Entomology is a branch of knowledge more easily acquired than many imagine. The individual beauty of the insects in every stage the ease with which they are preserved and the comparative facility with which a complete collection of British species may be formed particularly of butterflies of which we number scarcely more than eighty distinct species render it a task of easy attainment" the same reviewer wryly noted "Mr. Humphreys throws out a suggestion which has perhaps a touch of the butterfly Utopia in it but which is ingenious and deserves trial."</p> </p> . Provenance: Each volume with the gilt arms of the Barons Sherborne with links to Australia through the Duttons of Anlaby South Australia; and the bookplate of Princess Despina Mary Karadja 1868-1943 poet writer on spiritualism founder of the White Cross Union and wife of the envoy to the Ottoman empire Jean-Constantin Karadja a distinguished diplomat and noted book collector. Wm. S. Orr & Co and William Smith unknown
