Millais, John Everett (illus.), THE PARABLES OF
OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST (London: Routledge Warne &
Routledge, 1864). First edition, 25 x 19.5cm [4to], in
publisher's dark green sand-grain cloth w/gilt & embossed
decorations & title to covers & spine, bevelled edges, a.e.g.,
cream ep.s, [i-xii], 1-48 + [1-48 blank versos] + [1-40, plates], [1-2
publ. adverts] red-ruled cardstock pp., w/20 wood engravings by the
Dalziels after Millais. Printed at the Camden Press,
London. With the bookplate of Percival F. Hinton to fr.
pastedown. Binding Near-Fine (small bit of gilt lacking from rear
cover); contents Good (original gutta percha beginning to perish,
lt.-to-moderate foxing & lt. dampstains to most leaves [not
affecting the plates or text], & a few leaves sl. proud w/gilt
rubbed from edges). White 48-49, Reid 6-7 & 71-72 ("of this
superb work much has been written, but it is worthy of all the praise
ever bestowed upon it"), Fredeman 95.37, Ray 170, de Beaumont 244,
Goldman 311. (Inv. #751) C$1,200
The Second Edition
Millais, John Everett (Pictures By), THE
PARABLES OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST (London: George
Routledge & Sons, n.d. [ca.1870]). Unstated second edition,
23 x 17cm (4to), in publisher's brown rib-grain cloth w/gilt &
black decorations & title to fr. cover & spine (blind ruling
& oval device to rear), bevelled edges, a.e.g., charcoal ep.s
w/binder's ticket (Burn) to rear pastedown, [1-6] 7-76 + [1-76]
red-ruled cardstock pp. printed & paginated to rectos only, w/20
wood engravings by the Dalziels after Millais. Printed at the
Camden Press, London. Binding Very Good (extremities bumped
w/moderate colour loss to fore-edge of fr. cover, & hinges
starting); contents Very Good (lower corner of p.38 lacking & p.62
creased at top). (Inv. #732) C$500
