[Henry Noel Humphreys (illumination)] — Parables of Our Lord

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. First edition. Hardback. Strikingly bound in decorative metal boards, this is the richly decorated first edition of this illuminated Anglican work, with chromolithographic leaves. An uncommon first edition, in handsome, in a heavily decorative relief binding.Consisting of thirty-two vibrant chromolithographic leaves. Collated, complete.Filled with densely decorated gilt pages, rendered by artist, naturalist, entomologist and numismatist Henry Noel Humphreys, who produced a number of ornate works in these striking gothic relief covers throughout the 19th Century.All pages of the main text illustrated in rich swirling colour, accompanying the gospel accounts of the parables of Jesus.Features a small index on each parable to the rear of the work.In a striking decorative metal binding, with calf spine. In calf backed ornate metal boards. Externally, in lovely condition. Slight cracks to relief binding to perimetrts. Internally, firmly bound. Chromolithographs vibrant, with significant handling marks to perimeters. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: [Henry Noel Humphreys]. Very Good Indeed .