HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel - The origin and progress of the art of writing.
Estimation :
200 / 300
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
London, David Bogue, 1854 8vo, "papier mache" binding (some cracks on the covers), flat gilt spine, a.e.g., viii-176 pp. (some spotting in the margins). Later ed. Fine example of papier mache binding designed by Henry Noel Humphries to imitate the wooden Medieval book covers. Ill. with 28 plates of which 1 frontisp. and 12 chromolithographs, several woodcut illustrations in texto. Bookpl. Jos. H. Straker. We join : Kühnel, E. - Islamische Schriftkunst. 3. Auflage. Graz, Akademische Druck, 1986, 4to, publ. binding. - Khazai, K. - Naissance et évolution de l'écriture. Brussels, Société Générale de Banque, [1984], 4to obl., sewn. - Druet, R., Grégoire, H. - La civilisation de l'écriture. Paris, Fayard, 1976, 4to, publ. binding. (4 vol.)
