Bidspirit auction | (BIBLIOGRAPHY). HUMPHREYS, HENRY NOEL. The

(BIBLIOGRAPHY). HUMPHREYS, HENRY NOEL. The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages. A History of Illuminated Books from the IVth to the XIIth Century. Illustrated by a Series of Specimens…from the Most Celebrated and Splendid Mss. Thirty-nine plates in color, representing 39 different illuminated manuscripts. pp. (1), 15, (1), ff. 39 (text), ff. 39 (plates). Foxed in places. Original blind-tooled calf over thick wooden boards. Elephant folio. London: Longman 1844 A huge and remarkable production.