French Miniatures from Illuminated Manuscripts. by Porcher, Jean:

London: Collins, 1960 4to (30.5 cm), 276 pp (including 90 plates in color). Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj frayed at extremities, binding slightly dusted). This survey of French manuscript illumination from the 10th to the 15th centuries is based on three significant exhibitions held at the Bibliothèque nationale. The author adheres to the customary division of the subject into two contrasting periods: the Romanesque and the Gothic. During the Romanesque period, spanning from the 10th to the 13th century, no single style dominated throughout France. However, in the Gothic period, beginning around 1330, France emerged as a leading center of artistic activity. The early Gothic style of the Ile-de-France evolved into the 'international' style of Paris. The book features representations of all the greatest artists of the period, not only through a selection of reproductions but also through a fresh analysis and evaluation of each artist's work.

London: Collins. 264pp hardback, blue cloth gilt in wrapper, many tipped-in plates, frontispiece, 90 illustrations including in-text, ex-university library with usual stamps and labels, binding tight and sound, small edge chips to wrapper . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1960.

Collins, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. No edition remarks. 276 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild tape staining to endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over.

Collins, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover -some wear on the dust cover of the book. Clean text, sound binding.

London:: Collins,. 1960. Hardcover. Oversize hardcover with gilt-lettered blue cloth binding. Light cover wear, scuffing. Bit of thumb soil at lower corner of textblock edge. Hinges sound, uncracked; contents clean, tight. No DJ. Nor a former library copy. 90 tipped-in color plates. Covers French illuminated manuscripts between the 10th and 15th centuries. ; .

Collins. Used - Very Good. 1960. Cloth, dj, quarto, 275 pp, with 90 tipped in color plates. Jacket is chipped with a few larger tears. Binding is tight and color illustrations are quite sharp and vibrant. Very Good. (Subject: Medieval, Art & Illumination.)