Elementary Instruction in the Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting on Vellum / A Guide to Modern Illuminators

1. All the World's a Stage.

2. Rich Gifts wax Poor.

3. Suspicion always Haunts.

4. Fast Bind, Fast Find.

5. Sweet are the uses of Adversity.

6. There is no Vice so simple.

7. Virtue itself turns Vice.

8. Come what, come may, Time.

9. O it is excellent to have a Giant's strength.

10. There's a Divinity that shapes our ends.

11. One Touch of Nature makes the whole World kin.

12. Life's but a walking Shadow.


3. Shakspere "In Memoriam," with Vignette Portrait. 2s. and 3s. 6d.

4. The Christian Martyr. "Be thou faithful," &c. With Photograph, 2s. plain; 3s. 6d. partly coloured.


CROSSES.

1. No Cross, No Crown, &c. Imperial 4to, 14½ by 10½, 1s. 6d. plain; 3s. partly coloured.

2. Take up thy Cross and follow me. 18 by 7½, 1s. 6d. plain; 3s. partly coloured.

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ILLUMINATED WORKS

PUBLISHED BY

Messrs. LONGMAN, GREEN & CO.


The Parables of Our Lord.
A Selection of the most striking Parables from the four Gospels, richly illuminated on every Page by Henry Noel Humphreys. In rich binding, in high relief, imitative of carved ebony, 21s.

The Miracles of Our Lord.
Being a Selection from the Miracles of our Saviour, richly illuminated with appropriate borders of original design on every page, and 6 illuminated miniatures by Henry Noel Humphreys. In a carved binding of appropriate design, 21s.

Maxims and Precepts of the Saviour.
A Selection of the most striking Aphorisms and Moral Precepts of the Saviour, richly ornamented with decorative borders of appropriate design by Henry Noel Humphreys, founded on the passage, "Behold the lilies of the field," &c. In an ornamental cover of novel character, after the Style of the famous "Opus Anglicum" of the 9th and 10th centuries. 21s.

Sermon on the Mount.
Gospel of St. Matthew, illuminated by F. Lepelle de Bois-Gallais. Printed on plates of Silver with Landscape, illustrative Vignettes, and illuminated borders. Square 18mo, bound, 21s.

The Book of Ruth,
from the Holy Scriptures. Enriched with coloured borders. The illuminations arranged and executed under the direction of H. Noel Humphreys. In embossed leather cover, square fcap. 8vo., 21s.

The Good Shunammite.
From the Scriptures—2 Kings, chap. IV. vv. 8 to 37. Square fcap. 8vo. With Six original designs, and an ornamental border to each page, printed in Colours and Gold. In carved binding, 21s.

Sentiments and Similes of Shakspeare.
Illuminated by H. N. Humphreys. New Edition, square 8vo, in massive carved binding, 21s.


LONDON:
LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS & GREEN.

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THE

Albert Lithographic Printing Office,

Established to promote Female Employment,

168, GREAT PORTLAND STREET, OXFORD STREET,
LONDON, W.


E. FULLER & CO.,

ARE PREPARED TO EXECUTE

Every description of Chromo-Lithography,

ALSO

COPPER-PLATE & LETTER-PRESS PRINTING,

WITH PROMPTNESS AND DESPATCH,

At Twenty per Cent. lower than any other House.


1000 CIRCULARS ON GOOD PAPER FOR 21s.


Lithographic Fac-simile Circulars, and all kinds of Commercial Printing

EXECUTED FOR THE TRADE ON LIBERAL TERMS.


The artistic Branch of Lithography wholly carried out by Females.

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ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION
IN
The Art of Illuminating and Missal
Painting on Vellum,
A GUIDE TO MODERN ILLUMINATORS.

With Illustrations in Outline as Copies for the Student.

BY D. LAURENT DE LARA,

(Illuminating Artist to the Queen.)

Seventh Edition,

WITH CONSIDERABLE ENLARGEMENTS AND ADDITIONS.

"Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes
Emollit mores, nec sinit esse feros."

LONDON:
LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, AND GREEN,
PATERNOSTER ROW.
AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.


Price Three Shillings.

The Author reserves the right of translation to himself.

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LONDON:
PRINTED BY J. WERTHEIMER AND CO.,
CIRCUS PLACE, FINSBURY CIRCUS.

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