HUMPHREYS, HENRY NOEL. Parables of Our Lord, 1847, original variant binding of pressed leather to a blind ornamental design with small gilt oval medallion at center of each cover, rebacked, 32 illuminated pages; The Miracles of Our Lord, 1848, original pressed leather binding by Hayday, similar to the preceding but with paper inset medallion on covers, rebacked, 32 illuminated pages; Maxims and Precepts of the Saviour, [1849], original binding of embossed colored paper over bevelled boards, extremities worn, 32 illuminated pages; The Book of Ruth, 1850, original relievo leather binding, worn and rebacked, letterpress title printed in gold and 32 illuminated pages; all London, 8vo, g.e. (except the first work), each in a uniform modern black cloth fleece-lined slipcase, all illustrated by chromolithography, McLean Victorian Book Design, pp. 99-112. (4)

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HUMPHREYS, HENRY NOEL. Parables of Our Lord, 1847, original variant binding of pressed leather to a blind ornamental design with small gilt oval medallion at center of each cover, rebacked, 32 illuminated pages; The Miracles of Our Lord, 1848, original pressed leather binding by Hayday, similar to the preceding but with paper inset medallion on covers, rebacked, 32 illuminated pages; Maxims and Precepts of the Saviour, [1849], original binding of embossed colored paper over bevelled boards, extremities worn, 32 illuminated pages; The Book of Ruth, 1850, original relievo leather binding, worn and rebacked, letterpress title printed in gold and 32 illuminated pages; all London, 8vo, g.e. (except the first work), each in a uniform modern black cloth fleece-lined slipcase, all illustrated by chromolithography, McLean Victorian Book Design, pp. 99-112. (4)