[Humphreys, Henry Noel] - The Good Shunammite (1847)

[Humphreys, Henry Noel]. The Good Shunammmite 2 Kings iv, 8. Longman Brown Green and Longmans [in the studio of Lewis Gruner], 31st October 1847.   (170 x 120 mm) 21 pages, paginated in roman numerals in bottom margin, on heavy card, with two paper fly leaves, marbled end papers. Title page on full carpet of 15th century style ivy and acanthus with one 4-line initial and one 3-line initial and short bar linefiller. 6 miniatures (p. iii, vii, ix, xi, xv, xx) and 2 inhabited quatrefoil roundelles (p. iii). Three 3-line initials; four 4-line initials; twenty-four 2-line initials. Names rubricated throughout. Ruled in pink. Full ivy border on each page, with additional illuminated marginal decoration. Bar line fillers throughout. Bound in papier-mâché (gutta percha) with ornate Gothic window style motifs, grape vines, and roundelle with the Shunammite Woman and Elisha. Title centered on banderols. Spine in leather with stamp-embossed title. Gilt foredges and gilded inner dentelles. Minor