Illuminated Manuscripts (New Portway Reprints)

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint/Revised. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1972 (1911). * Publisher: Cedric Chivers Ltd. * Binding and cover condition: Bright red cloth, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to top and bottom edges. VG++.* Jacket condition: Coloured dust wrapper showing a page of manuscript in red and blue. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £5.60. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Slightly frayed, now re-inforced and in an un-attached clear protective jacket. VG.* Contents condition: Ex-library copy but with minimal stamps and labels. Otherwise clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear. Top edge coloured (red), no marks to text, slight marks to bottom and fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: Over 50 b/w plates and line drawings within text throughout. * Pages: 323 pp. text. xlvii pp. appendices. acknowledgements, notes, bibliography, & index at rear.* Description: First Published in 1911 and long out of print, Herbert's Illuminated Manuscripts remains the best general introduction to the subject for English readers. Covering the art of book illumination from the late classical period to the sixteenth century, it manages to be both comprehensive and readable. Particularly useful to the student is the concise "Note on the various kinds of liturgical illuminated manuscripts" which is unsurpassed in its clear presentation of this complicated subject. The value of the present reprint is enhanced by an additional bibliography which lists the more important manuscript facsimiles published since 1911 together with general books on the different styles and schools of illumination.* A NEAR VG+ ex-library copy of the 1st. thus with some age and wear to protected dust jacket