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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t85j0498mAbstract
Possibly printed by Owen Jones.--Cf. Friedman, Joan. Color printing in England. New Haven, 1978, p. 166."It has been sought to render the [papier mâché] cover also appropriate, by enriching it with medallions representing the principal miracles; it has been partly taken from a ... cover in carved ivory, executed in the 12th century ... The designs of the medallions are original."--p. iv.
"The title-page contains a figure of the Saviour ... in a niche, ornamented in a style corresponding with the rest of the volume."--p. iii.
"Remarks of the illuminator. Descriptive index of the miracles" signed : H.N.H. [i.e. Henry Noel Humphreys].
Ornamental borders, and illustrations, in color.
Mode of access: Internet.
Library's copy 1 is bound with black embossed calf covers with oval paper onlay in center of each cover. Library's copy 2 bound by Messrs Jackson & Sons with paper mache covers.
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1848Type
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