A History of British Butterflies by the Rev. F. O. Morris. Third edition with 72 coloured plates, published in 1870 by Bell and Daldy. Cover superb gilt embossing especially on the spine. Some areas of wear with slight losses on top and bottom of the  spine and some areas of slight discolouration on the cover. End-papers intact but some slight cracking to the gutters. Some faded pencil annotations to free-front page. Other than some slight browning the pages are in very good to excellent condition. 156 numbered pages then a number with illustrations not numbered and then a section titled "Aphorismata entomologica" of 24 pages. 190x255x40