Henry Noel Humphreys 1848 Gleichnisse unseres Herrn Papier Mache viktorianische Bindung
Hardcover. 12mo. Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. 1848. 32 pgs. Illustrated with chromolithograph illumnations. Bound in original black papier mâché/gutta perche cover. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An increasingly rare & sought-after fragile memory of the Victorian enthusiasm for the Middle Ages, Humphry's Miracles of our Lord combines Gothic-style chromolithographic illumination with the weighty book art of papier mâché covers to create a Neo-Gothic gift book of biblical passages describing the miracles of Christ.
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