Illuminated Manuscripts.
by HERBERT (J.A.)
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Methuen and Co., Ltd. 1912. Second Edition, large 8vo, with the Adams bookplate, inner hinges shaken, 50 plates, orig. cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed. Begins with a chapter on the illumination in the classical period; the rest of the book considers medieval manuscripts. A solid history especially helpful in showing parallels among various national schools. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
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- Bookseller
- Forest Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18805
- Title
- Illuminated Manuscripts.
- Author
- HERBERT (J.A.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen and Co., Ltd. 1912
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