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The Art Of Illuminating as practised in Europe From the Earliest Times. Illustrated by Borders Initial Letters and Alphabets. Selected & Chromolithographed by......
2. London, Studio Editions, 1987, in-4°, 104 pp, 99 coloured plates h.t., publisher's cloth, dustwrapper, (reprint of the 1860 edition published by Day and Son Lithographers to the Queen.).
The Art of Illuminating as practised in Europe From the Earliest Times. Illustrated by Borders Initial Letters and Alphabets. Selected & Chromolithographed by......
London, Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen, April 2dn 1860, large in-8°, 29,5 x 21 cm, (6)nn pp (chromolithographed title and half titles) + 104 pp + 100 plates in chromolithography printed on thick paper. Bound in claret coloured half morocco, raised gilt spine, marbled boards. Fine copy. First edition (MacLean 85). A fine book illustrating the mid19th century interest in the Gothic style. It provides an overview of the art of illuminating in Western culture with examples from the VIth - XVIth century. The book itself is a splendid example of the fine art of chromolithographical printing attained by the printers Day and Son.
