HUMPHREYS, H. NOEL - The Butterfly Vivarium; or, Insect Home: Being an Account of a New Method of Observing the Curious Metamorphoses of some of the Most Beautiful of our Native Insects. Comprising also a Popular Description of the Habits and Instincts of Many of the Insects of the Various Classes Referred to; With Suggestions for the Successful Study of Entomology by Means of an Insect Vivarium.

Published by William Lay, London, 1858. xii 1-288 pages, contains 8 hand-coloured plates, decorated capitals, contains the bookplate for Eric Gowing-Scopes (1913-2007) an entomologist who contributed specimens to The Natual History Museum. First Edition, covers marked, corners and edges rubbed, joints worn, textblock nice, previous owners' bookplates to front free endpaper and pastedown, good condition, decorative green cloth with gilt titles on the front cover and spine and gilt decoration on the front cover, full gilt edges, octavo, 19 x 14 cm, Hardback.