book of Ruth
Subtitle: from the Holy Scriptures : enriched with coloured borders, selected from illuminated mss. in the British Museum, Bibliotheque nationale, Paris, Soane Museum, and other libraries
By: the illuminations arranged and executed under the direction of H. Noel Humphreys.
Contributors: Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.; Vizetelly and Co.
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Published: 1850
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Ruth -- Illustrations.; Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Work titles: Bible. O.T. Ruth. English. 1850.
Notes: Added chromolithographed t.p. Pages decorated throughout with gold ruling.

Text is "set in black-letter and overprinted on the chromolithographed pages by a letterpress printer, Vizetelly & Company. The chromolithographed borders are perhaps the best Noel Humphreys ever did ... "--McLean, R. Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing, 1972, p. 108.

MASS copy 1: Bound in full brown calf blocked in gold and blind; marbled endpapers; a.e.g.

MASS copy 2: Inscribed by Ruari McLean to Fianach Jardine, Christmas 1962. Title leaf, chromolithographed t.p. and p. 1 wanting. Hand-drawn substitutes tipped in. Bound in brown ribbed-morocco grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e.g.