HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL) Maxims & Precepts of the Saviour, FIRST EDITION, [Longman, 1848] in six v...

HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL) Maxims & Precepts of the Saviour, FIRST EDITION, title and text chromolithographed throughout, publisher's bevelled morocco boards with coloured paper onlays and centre title panel, gilt title on spine, g.e., light wear, joints and spine repaired, original orange card slipcase, 1848; idem, publisher's decorative boards with coloured and gilt paper onlays, decorative spine gilt, g.e., worn at extremities, 1848; idem, publisher's black morocco gilt, embossed in panels with ivy leaves by Hayday, spine in compartments with raised bands, g.e., light wear, 1848; idem, original calf with embossed decorative pattern and title in central panel, g.e., loss to head of spine, joints repaired, 1848; idem, publisher's red blind-stamped cloth, gilt title on covers and spine, g.e., 1848; idem, publisher's red blind-stamped cloth, gilt title on covers, light wear to extremities, 1848, together 6 works, some spotting [cf. McLean VBD, pp.104-107], 8vo, Longman, 1848 (6) Footnotes: Six variant publisher's bindings used for Humphreys' Maxims & Precepts, including decorated morocco, calf, cloth and paper boards. Two copies in coloured papers (one over morocco, one over boards) are described as 'being in the style of the 'Opus Anglicum' of the tenth and eleventh centuries, based on a the 'border in a manuscript copy of The Gospels executed for King Cnut' (note on index leaf). Humphreys, in the illuminations of this work, introduced 'some of the brilliantly coloured birds and flowers that had only recently been discovered - such as the Lilium Superbum... as well as Toucans, Macaws, Kingfishers...' (McLean). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing