8vo (168 x 114 mm). 32 chromolithographic illuminated pages. Original morocco-backed papier-mâché boards, all edges gilt (rubbing, very light cracking, evidence of restoration at spine ends, small loss at lower right corner affecting both boards); modern folding case. Provenance: Henry Sotheran (booksellers' ticket).

Henry Noel Humphreys was a British illustrator and naturalist whose delicate use of the grisaille painting technique distinguished his work from those of other Victorian-era illuminators. McLean, Victorian Books, p.104.