Brilliant study of religious art and embellishments as practiced in Europe from the 6th century through the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. Quarto: 104 p. with the 99 chromolithograph plates, as well as the half-title, title page, and colophon. The text is printed and black and red with elaborate borders and floral designs. Original brown cloth binding, with elaborate gilt stamping. Minimal foxing to the contents, with a period previous owner's ink signature to a prefatory blank leaf. Some general fading and wear along the extremities; otherwise very good. Seller Inventory # 77276

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Title: THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AS PRACTISED IN ...

Publisher: Dan and Son, London

Publication Date: 1860

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

Edition: First Edition.

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Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located at The Book Shop in downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. The shop is open six days a week and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian.

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134 N. Citrus Avenue, Covina, CA, 91723, U.S.A.

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