1848 SCRIPTURE PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST

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“It was the first of the so-called ‘papier-mâché’ bindings, contrived to look like carved ebony. The result was splendidly Gothic and impressive… Perhaps the most successful of all the ingenuities of Victorian commercial bookbinding.” 

First American Edition, after the London edition of 1847, binding in the same design and execution, but the chromolithographs are slightly different. 16mo. marbled endpapers, [32] chromolithographed pages with framed text printed on heavy cardstock, a.e.g., In designing the ornaments to the Sacred Parables contained in this volume, the illuminator has sought to render them in each instance appropriate.

The work of illumination was commenced on the 1st day of May & terminated on the 1st day of December in the Year of our Lord MDCCCXLV.”  Bound in one of the first papier mâché bindings designed to look like a gothic carved-wood binding. Back and front covers have the same 9-panel design. In each of the four corner panels there is a wreath containing the head of an angel, a lion, an eagle or an ox, representing Gospel authors Matthew, Mark, John and Luke.

Stylized oak leaves occupy the middle panels of the top, bottom and sides. The central panel shows a sower within a wreath around which two ribbons are wrapped on a staff. “Scripture Parables” appears on the ribbons in raised Gothic letters. Leather spine and hinges, exhibiting bit of rubbing, else an excellent example of this scarce production.

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