HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL)
Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare, first edition, one of 1000 copies, chromolithographed decorations throughout, with elaborate border decoration to first page of text, minor spotting and soiling, early ink inscription on first fly-leaf, original black papier-mâché binding with gold paper background, brown oval relief portrait of Shakespeare on upper cover and author's initials on the lower cover, rebacked with blind-stamped titling, gilt dentelles and edges, minor wear, solander box, 4to, Longman, Brown, 1851--[LANDOR (WALTER SAVAGE)] Citation and Examination of William Shakespeare, slight spotting, signature of the author loosely inserted, brown morocco by Tout with gilt decoration and tooling to covers, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt ornamental decoration and lettering, silk gold and burgundy patterned endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, 8vo, Saunders and Otley, 1834--[INGLEBY (C.M.)] Shakespeare's Century of Praise, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, folding facsimile letter, contemporary manuscript inscription (Cornelius Paine) on first flyleaf and manuscript notes and receipt of purchase tipped in, bookplate of Robert Marceau, red crushed half-morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt lettering and elaborate decoration to spine, g.e., slipcase, 8vo, Trubner and Co., 1874 (3)
Footnotes:
According to McLean, Victorian Book Design pp. 109-111, the very elaborate coloured title-page decoration can be counted as Noel Humphrey's finest work.
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