The miracles of Our Lord.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Longman & Co., 1848.
- Summary
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'The "illuminated" gift books which became a feature of British publishing during the 1840s were essentially gift books whose text was often, but not always, taken from the Bible, and whose pages were decorated in colour in a style closely or distantly resembling that of a medieval manuscript. They were usually printed by chromolithography.[The binding's design was] carved in a mould (of steel?) into which was poured a mixture of plaster on a papier-mache base. They are part of the Victorian. dream of medievalism, to be placed reverently on a velvet cloth on the piano.' - McLean, Victorian Bookbindings in Paper, pp. 13 & 51. -- abebooks website.
- Note
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"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, executed in the 12th century ... The designs of the medallions are original."--Page iv.
"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.
"Remarks of the illuminator. Descriptive index of the miracles" signed: H.N.H.: pages i-iv at end.
Ornamental borders, and illustrations, in color.
- Physical Description
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31, iv pages :
color illustrations ;
18 cm
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