Pp. xv, 430, hand-colored vignettes of insects at the beginning of each chapter. Elaborately decorated and blind-stamped tan cloth with gilt titles on spines and gilt insects and other decorations stamped on the front cover, beveled edges, all edges gilt, thick 8vo. This work is an abridged edition of the original three volume work by L.M. Budgen (known as Acheta Domestica). The current edition is edited by the Rev. J.G. Wood. The work tracks insect life month-by-month from January through December. The hand-colored plates are attractive. Two former owner’s signatures on the front endpaper.