[BINDING]. HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (1810-1879). Parables of Our Lord. London: Longman & Co., 1847.

12mo (168 x 114 mm). 32 chromolithographic illuminated leaves. (Very light spotting or marginal toning throughout.) Original morocco-backed papier-mâché boards, all edges gilt (very light cracking); modern folding case.

Parables of Our Lord was among the first of the papier-mâché bindings to be designed by Henry Noel Humphreys.
McKean, Victorian Books, pp.99-100.

Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas