Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Maxims and precepts of the Saviour.

Alternate Title(s):

Bible. N.T. Gospels. English. Selections. 1848.

Published / Created:

[London, Longman & co., 1848]

Physical Description:

[1], 31, ii p. illus. 18 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND3410 B4 H7
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

BAC : Bound in boards, with colored paper onlay on front and back.

British Art Center copy imperfect: case wanting.

In case.

Ornamental borders, and illustrations, in color, by Henry Noel Humphreys.

"The binding is designed from a peculiar style of ornament, supposed to be the 'Opus anglicum,'so much prized ... in the 10th and 11th centuries. The model which has furnished the present design is a border in a ms. copy of the Gospels executed for King Cnut (Canute)"--p. ii.

Subject Terms:

Longman & Co. -- Publisher. | Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens. | Bookbinding -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Specimens. | Bookbinding -- Specimens -- 1848.

Form/Genre:

Chromolithographs -- 1848.

Contributors:

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879.