Lot 11: Humphreys, H. Noel

Humphreys, H. Noel
Masterpieces of the early printers & engravers, 1870, 4to, 70 plates, original decorative cloth gilt, some spotting, upper joint a little split; Lewis, H.C. A descriptive bibliography of the most important books in the English language relating to the art & history of engraving and the collecting of prints, 1912-13, 2 volumes including supplement, 4to, plates, red morocco-backed cloth, spines gilt; Bryan, M. A biographical and critical dictionary of painters and engravers, 1816, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispiece, modern buckram, spines gilt with red morocco lettering pieces; Vervliet, H.D.L. The book through 5000 years, 1972, 4to, dust-jacket, slipcase; Humphreys, H. Noel A history of the art of printing. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1868, second issue, folio, 106 lithographed and chromolithographed plates (including 6 bis plates), original decorative red cloth gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, corners rubbed, surface split to original spine; Malone, Edmond Catalogue of early English poetry... illustrating the British drama, collected by Edmond Malone Esq. and now preserved in the British Library. Oxford: University Press, 1836, folio, nineteenth-century half cloth, rubbed (8)