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6 vols, portfolios with unbound contents, 49 cm, various paginations (9-14 pp and 15 or 16 plates per volume: in all 91 plates). Each volume comprises a portfolio case, a brochure with a 2 page introduction followed by descriptions of the manuscripts illustrated and detailed descriptions of the plates, and a set of unbound plates. The set comprises : Volume I. Hiberno-Saxon and early English schools, A.D. 700 to1100, published 1914, 11 pp and 16 plates (2 in colour); II. English, 12th and 13th centuries, published 1915, 9 pp and 15 plates (2 in colour); III. English, A.D. 1300-1350 published 1921, 9 pp and 15 plates (2 in colour); IV. English, A.D. 1350-1500, published 1922, 9 pp and 15 plates (2 in colour); V. Carolingian and French to early 14th century, published 1926, 12 pp and 15 plates (2 in colour); VI. French, mid 14th to 16th centuries, published 1930, 14 pp and 15 plates (2 in colour); [ 6 volumes, complete set ] An ex-library set with small stickers on the front boards, Presentation labels, library bookplates and/or accession stamps on some front inside boards, blindstamps on the brochures and on a few plates. Volume V has a spine-title adddd in ink, boards somewhat duststained with occasional minor edgewear, contents Good. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-30922
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Título: Schools of Illumination : Reproductions from...
Editorial: Printed by order of the Trustees, sold at the British Museum, London, first editions, 1914-1930
Año de publicación: 1914
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa dura
Edición: 1ª Edición