Accession number
PML 142558
Published
London : Longman & Co., 1848.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
With chromolithgraphed t.p., text, borders, initials, etc. designed by Henry Noel Humphreys.
Letterpress text, "Remarks of the illuminator. Descriptive index of the miracles," on p. [i]-iv, signed: H. N. H. [i. e. Henry Noel Humphreys].
"It has been sought to render the cover also appropriate, by enriching it with medallions representing the principal miracles: it has been partly taken from a ... cover in carved ivory, executed in the 12th century ... The designs of the medallions are original."--p. iv.
Possibly printed by Owen Jones.--Cf. Friedman, Joan. Color printing in England. New Haven, l978, p. l66.
Letterpress text, "Remarks of the illuminator. Descriptive index of the miracles," on p. [i]-iv, signed: H. N. H. [i. e. Henry Noel Humphreys].
"It has been sought to render the cover also appropriate, by enriching it with medallions representing the principal miracles: it has been partly taken from a ... cover in carved ivory, executed in the 12th century ... The designs of the medallions are original."--p. iv.
Possibly printed by Owen Jones.--Cf. Friedman, Joan. Color printing in England. New Haven, l978, p. l66.
Description
[1], 31, iv p. : col. ill. (chromolithographs) ; 17 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Ruari McLean, bought from him in 1963 by Richard Blackwell; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's black molded plaster composition over papier mâché; in slipcase, as issued.
Classification
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