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The Miracles Of Our Lord, Henry Noel Humphreys, Special Collections, Fleet Library Dec 1847

The Miracles Of Our Lord, Henry Noel Humphreys, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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[1], 31, iv pages : color illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Ornamental borders, and illustrations, in color. "Remarks of the illuminator. Descriptive index of the miracles" signed: H.N.H. [i.e. Henry Noel Humphreys] "The title-page contains a figure of the Saviour .. in a niche, ornamented in a style corresponding with the rest of the volume."--page iii. "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, …