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HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL)The Book of Ruth, chromolithographed throughout with title in gold, and text within decorative borders, many heightened in gold, advertisement leaf at end, original PINK RELIEVO CALF elaborately embossed with flowers and ears of wheat decorations, after a design by Humphreys, t.e.g., spine ends slightly worn, minor fading towards edges, ORIGINAL SLIPCASE, preserved in solander box [McLean VBD, pp.76-77], 8vo, Vizetelly & Co. for Longman, Brown, etc, 1850FootnotesVERY SCARCE COPY IN UNUSUAL PINK RELIEVO BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Ruari McLean considered that "The chromolithographed borders are perhaps the best Noel Humphreys ever did", and does not record the "pink" version of the binding.
Provenance: Anne and F.G. Renier; Anthony David Estill, bookplates; his sale, Bloomsbury, 12 December 2002, lot 144, £1,410.