Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Twelve parables of our Lord : illustrated and illuminated.
Alternate Title(s):
Bible. N.T. Gospels. English. Selections. 1870.
Published / Created:
London : Macmillan and Co., 1870.
Physical Description:
[28] leaves : chiefly col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8180 T83+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Binding signed with initials M.M.

Binder's ticket: Burn & Co.

Gold- and black-stamped brown cloth publisher's binding, with cut-out paper chromoxylograph onlay.

"The twelve illustrations ... are ... by H.R. McEniry. The frontispiece is by John Jellicoe. The illuminated borders are from the Brevario Grimani, in St. Mark's Library, Venice. The illuminated texts and title-page are designed by Lewis Hind. The binding is executed by Burn and Co. and the entire work is arranged and printed in colours by Cooper, Clay, and Co."

Cover title: He spake unto them in parables.
Subject Terms:
Jesus Christ -- Parables -- Pictorial works. | Macmillan and Co. -- Publisher. | Cooper, Clay, and Co. -- Printer. | Burn and Co. -- Bookbinder. | M. M., binding designer. | Bible -- Parables. | Bible -- Illustrations. | Bookbinding -- Specimens -- 1870.
Form/Genre:
Chromoxylographs -- 1870.
Contributors:
McEniry, H. R. | Jellicoe, John, ill. | Hind, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis), 1862–1927, ill.