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Henry Noel Humphreys

The back cover of Humphreys' ''Coinage of the British Empire'' (1855), in a [[papier-mâché binding Henry Noel Humphreys (1810–1879), was a British illustrator, naturalist, entomologist, and numismatist.

Humphreys was born on 4 January 1810 in Birmingham, the son of James Humphreys, and was educated at King Edward's School there. He studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man, and became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects. In addition to his entomological texts, Humphreys wrote works on ancient Greek and Roman coins, archaeology, and the art of writing and printing.

He died on 10 June 1879. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Ocean Gardens. The History of the Marine Aquarium and the best methods now adopted for its establishment and preservation. by Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879

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    Illuminated illustrations of Froissart; Selected from the ms. in the Bibliothèque royale, Paris, and from other sources by Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?; Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879 [Compiler]

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    Illuminated illustrations of Froissart; Selected from the ms. in the British museum. by Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?; Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879 [Compiler]

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    The Life of the Moselle From its source in the Vosges Mountains to its junction with the Rhine at Coblence by Rooke, Octavius; Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879 [Illustrator]; Rooke, Octavius [Illustrator]

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    The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith by Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774; Willmott, Robert Aris, 1809-1863 [Editor]; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 [Illustrator]; Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899 [Illustrator]; Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879 [Illustrator]

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