Vol. III only (of 3). xxxi, [8], [74 (plates)], 154, [6], 255, [3] pp. With 74 mounted photographic print plates from engravings; plus a steel-engraved vignette mounted on India paper on the title page; numerous wood-engraved decorative borders, head- and tailpieces, and initials throughout. 11¼x8¼, full cordovan brown morocco, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, blind-stamped compartments on spine and front and rear covers, wide gilt dentelles with gilt ruled edges, crimson moiré silk endpapers, all edges gilt.
The Appendix volume to Delaunay’s celebrated 3 volume Les Évangiles, with added title within ornamental border: Appendice aux Évangiles, par Léon Curmer, 1864; here beautifully bound by Gavid with his tiny rubberstamp. The photographic prints are apparently either albumen or calotypes. The volume is divided into three parts, separately paged; the first has special title page, with ornamental border: Les frères Wiérix: La vie de la sainte Vièrge, La divine enfance, La passion de Notre-Seigneur Jésus Christ, Les saints et les saintes; the second consists of "Notices" on illuminated manuscripts, illuminators and similar subjects; the third, in two sections, has special half-titles, within ornamental borders: Description de l'ornementation des Évangiles, each page with decorative borders or miniatures within the margins, headpieces, and initials as well as hundreds of text illustrations. Henri-Léon Curmer (1801-1870) was a leading publisher of illustrated books who specialized in volumes combining art with religion, many, like the volume under notice, produced on a grand scale requiring large sums for publication.