HUMPHREYS, HENRY NOEL. The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing, 1854, 4to, original publisher's papier mâché binding, each cover a pierced and moulded black relief plaque of a foliate design incorporating the lettered title, set over dark pink boards, black morocco spine gilt-lettered, marbled endpapers, g.e., by Leighton Son & Hodge with their ticket, spine and joints restored, modern cloth slipcase , 28 plates, some of them chromolithographs, printed by Day & Son; Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare, 1851, small 4to, black morocco with shaped and bevelled edges, each cover inset with a large pierced and moulded black papier mâché relief plaque, heavily ornamented and lettered, the center set with a relief orange cameo bust of Shakespeare on the upper cover and the WS monogram on the lower cover, g.e., all leather restored, new rear endpapers, gold paper background on covers renewed, modern cloth slipcase , first text page printed in colors; The Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary for 1845, [1844], 4to, original white cover design cut around and inset in new boards, g.e., slipcase , chromolithographed floral borders by Owen Jones figure borders hand-colored, 4 pp. letterpress in red and black printed in black letter; The Penitential Psalms, [1861], 8vo, original purple gilt-blocked cloth, g.e., a gutta-percha binding, leaves detached , 16 stiff card leaves comprising 32 pages of chromolithographed illuminated borders and decoration by Day & Son; The Art of Illumination and Missal Painting, 1849, 8vo, white leather gilt with a blue border, upper cover with chromolithographed paper inset, g.e., rebacked, new endpapers, worn , 12 chromolithographed plates; all London. (5)
HUMPHREYS, HENRY NOEL. The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing, 1854, 4to, original publisher's papier mâché binding, each cover a pierced and moulded black relief plaque of a foliate design incorporating the lettered title, set over dark pink boards, black morocco spine gilt-lettered, marbled endpapers, g.e., by Leighton Son & Hodge with their ticket, spine and joints restored, modern cloth slipcase , 28 plates, some of them chromolithographs, printed by Day & Son; Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare, 1851, small 4to, black morocco with shaped and bevelled edges, each cover inset with a large pierced and moulded black papier mâché relief plaque, heavily ornamented and lettered, the center set with a relief orange cameo bust of Shakespeare on the upper cover and the WS monogram on the lower cover, g.e., all leather restored, new rear endpapers, gold paper background on covers renewed, modern cloth slipcase , first text page printed in colors; The Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary for 1845, [1844], 4to, original white cover design cut around and inset in new boards, g.e., slipcase , chromolithographed floral borders by Owen Jones figure borders hand-colored, 4 pp. letterpress in red and black printed in black letter; The Penitential Psalms, [1861], 8vo, original purple gilt-blocked cloth, g.e., a gutta-percha binding, leaves detached , 16 stiff card leaves comprising 32 pages of chromolithographed illuminated borders and decoration by Day & Son; The Art of Illumination and Missal Painting, 1849, 8vo, white leather gilt with a blue border, upper cover with chromolithographed paper inset, g.e., rebacked, new endpapers, worn , 12 chromolithographed plates; all London. (5)
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