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Brotherton Collection9
Ripon Cathedral3
Herbert Read Collection2
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1

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illumination of books and manuscripts20
bookbinding5
miniature painting4
bibliography3
book collectors3
books3
engraving3
manuscripts3
printing3
incunabula2

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People and organisationsCount
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847)3
Catholic Church2
Dewald, Ernest T (1891-1968)2
Eeles, F C (1876-1954)2
Frere, W H (1863-1938)2
Friend, Albert Mathias2
Princeton University. Department of Art and Archaeology2
Riley, Athelstan (1858-1945)2
Weitzmann, Kurt (1904-1993)2
Alban, Saint, D. 304?1

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The illustrations in the manuscripts of the Septuagint (v.3 pt.1)

Friend, Albert Mathias; Weitzmann, Kurt (1904-1993); DeWald, Ernest T (1891-1968); Princeton University. Department of Art and Archaeology

1941-

"Published for the Department of art and archaeology of Princeton University." Volume 3 is published in four parts: Pt.1. Vaticanus Graecus 1927 -- Pt.2. Vaticanus Graecus 752 -- Pt.3. Psalters with...

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The illustrations in the manuscripts of the Septuagint (v.3 pt.2)

Friend, Albert Mathias; Weitzmann, Kurt (1904-1993); DeWald, Ernest T (1891-1968); Princeton University. Department of Art and Archaeology

1941-

"Published for the Department of art and archaeology of Princeton University." Volume 3 is published in four parts: Pt.1. Vaticanus Graecus 1927 -- Pt.2. Vaticanus Graecus 752 -- Pt.3. Psalters with...

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Illustrations to Young's Night thoughts

Blake, William (1757-1827); Keynes, Sir Geoffrey (1887-1982); White, William Augustus (1843-1927)

1927

In portfolio.

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Pontifical services : illustrated from miniatures of the XVth and XVIth centuries (v.1)

Frere, W H (1863-1938); Eeles, F C (1876-1954); Riley, Athelstan (1858-1945); Catholic Church

1901-1908

Vol. 3 edited by W.H. Frere; v. 4 edited by A. Riley. Vols. 3-4 have subtitle: Illustrated from woodcuts of the XVIth century. "Printed for Members of the Alcuin Club."

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Pontifical services : illustrated from miniatures of the XVth and XVIth centuries (v.2)

Frere, W H (1863-1938); Eeles, F C (1876-1954); Riley, Athelstan (1858-1945); Catholic Church

1901-1908

Vol. 3 edited by W.H. Frere; v. 4 edited by A. Riley. Vols. 3-4 have subtitle: Illustrated from woodcuts of the XVIth century. "Printed for Members of the Alcuin Club."

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Early drawings and illuminations : An introduction to the study of illustrated manuscripts; with a dictionary of subjects in the British Museum

Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924); Jenner, Henry

1879

Half title-page reads: A dictionary of illuminations and early drawings in the British Museum.

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Illustrations to the life of St. Alban in Trin. coll. Dublin ms. E.i. 40

Jacob, E F (1894-1971); James, M R (1862-1936); Lowe, W R L; Paris, Matthew (1200-1259); Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Library

1924

"The man who versified the legend and who most probably drew the pictures--who at the very least designed them and supervised the drawing of them--is... Matthew Paris"--Introd. Includes bibliographi...

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The art of illuminating as practiced in Europe from the earliest times : illustrated by borders, initial letters, and alphabets

Tymms, W R; Wyatt, Sir M Digby (1820-1877)

1860

Illustrated t.-p. in colors. Ornamental borders. "The art of illuminating: what it was,--what it should be, --and how it may be practiced. By M. Digby Wyatt, architect." p. 1-96.

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Sotheby's 217th season : October 1960-July 1961

Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

[1961]

Illustrated endpapers.

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The Shāh-nāmah of Firdausī : the book of the Persian kings, with 24 illustrations from a fifteenth-century Persian manuscript in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society

Binyon, Laurence (1869-1943); Wilkinson, J V S; Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

1931

Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

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