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Noel Humphreys, Parables of Our Lord, nd c1847
Parables of our Lord is Humphreys‘ first printed illuminated book in a papier-mâché binding. The publisher recorded that 2,000 copies of Parables were printed in 1847, of which 1,000 were sold to D. Appleton in New York with a changed title page. Longman’s printed a second edition in the same year. Each of the four corners has a wreath containing the head of an angel, a lion, an eagle or an ox, representing Gospel authors Matthew, Mark, John and Luke. Stylized oak leaves occupy the top and bottom central rectangles. The central figure is a sower within a wreath around which two ribbons are wrapped on a staff. “Scripture Parables” appears on the ribbons in raised Gothic letters.

Noel Humphreys, Parables of Our Lord, nd c1847

SKU: LavallinsRB0416
£325.00Price

  • Published by:

    Longman & Co

  • London

    c1847

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