English illumination - Volume 1
1928, 1st edition. Firenze Paris : Pantheon ; Pegasus Press [1928]. Provenance; bookplate of Roy & Nina Merley. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked calf over matching buckram boards. Spine bands and panel edges worn and dulled. Remains an overall tight and clean impression. Item #284480
Physical description; volume 1 (xx,132 pages, 50 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, facsimiles ; 32 cm. Subjects; illumination of books and manuscripts, English. Illumination of books and manuscripts Specimens, reproductions, etc. Illumination of books and manuscripts, England. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Great Britain. "Printed in Italy. The English edition of the present work is published by the Pegasus Press, the German edition is published by the Kurt Wolff Verlag, the Spanish edition is published by the firm of Gustavo Gili and the present edition, specially bound in cloth, is issued in the United States exclusively by the David McKay Company ... Philadelphia"--Vol. 1, t.p. verso. 50 phototype plates. Includes indexes. Bibliography: v. 1, p. [121]-124.
Price: €100.00