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A Handbook of the Art of Illumination as Practiced During the Middle Ages
by Shaw, Henry
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good in publisher's elaborate gilt-decorated cloth, all edges gilt, engraved title and a few other leaves loose but present, spi
- Seller
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Bell and Daldy, 1866. First Edition. Good in publisher's elaborate gilt-decorated cloth, all edges gilt, engraved title and a few other leaves loose but present, spine repaired, wear to edges and corners with fraying, scattered soiling but contents generally clean, and curiously with stamp of the Birmingham Assay Office on the front free endpaper.. First edition. One of the earliest English works to describe the metals, pigments, and processes employed in producing illuminated manuscripts.
De Hamel includes this work as one of the "great nineteenth-century picture books of medieval illumination," which were in turn used as pattern books for countless Victorian copies. De Hamel, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts (2017).
Tall 8vo. [1, engraved title], viii, 66pp. + 15 plates engraved on wood.
De Hamel includes this work as one of the "great nineteenth-century picture books of medieval illumination," which were in turn used as pattern books for countless Victorian copies. De Hamel, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts (2017).
Tall 8vo. [1, engraved title], viii, 66pp. + 15 plates engraved on wood.
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- Bookseller
- Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 300
- Title
- A Handbook of the Art of Illumination as Practiced During the Middle Ages
- Author
- Shaw, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in publisher's elaborate gilt-decorated cloth, all edges gilt, engraved title and a few other leaves loose but present, spi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bell and Daldy
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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