HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel. The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing, London: Ingram & Cooke, 1853, 4° (255 x 179mm.), FIRST EDITION, chromolithographed frontispiece, 27 lithographed plates, 12 coloured (short tear to lower margin of frontispiece, occasional spotting), original papier-maché boards backed in morocco (a few chips and cracks, spine rubbed), g.e.