A Catalogue of Illuminated and Other Manuscripts together with some Works on Palaeography, Offered for Sale by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 1931 by Bernard Quaritch Ltd - 1931

Bernard Quaritch, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1931. Printed boards, large 4to,. 157 pp, colour frontisiece and several black-and-white plates. 530 items. Items 1- 124 are original manuscripts; 125-161 are miniatures and initials; and 162-530 are facsimile editions and works on palaeography. "The books here catalogued represent the result of many years' careful purchases both in the sale-rooms and privately, and the catalogue affords an opportunity to collectors such as is unlikely ever to occur again. The manuscripts range from the twelfth to the end of the seventeenth century; the countries of origin being almost equally divided between England, France and Italy, with a few manuscripts of German or Netherlandish work." - Introduction. The manuscripts are categorised as: Anglo-French 3, English 32, Flemish-Italian 1, French 37, Geman 12, Italian 34, Netherlandish 7. Boards slightly worn, offsetting to endpapers, Good.

Bernard Quaritch, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1931. Printed boards, large 4to,. 157 pp, colour frontisiece and several black-and-white plates. 530 items. Items 1- 124 are original manuscripts; 125-161 are miniatures and initials; and 162-530 are facsimile editions and works on palaeography. "The books here catalogued represent the result of many years' careful purchases both in the sale-rooms and privately, and the catalogue affords an opportunity to collectors such as is unlikely ever to occur again. The manuscripts range from the twelfth to the end of the seventeenth century; the countries of origin being almost equally divided between England, France and Italy, with a few manuscripts of German or Netherlandish work." - Introduction. The manuscripts are categorised as: Anglo-French 3, English 32, Flemish-Italian 1, French 37, Geman 12, Italian 34, Netherlandish 7. Backstrip worn with slight loss at head and tail of spine.

London:: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., , 1931.. publisher's printed boards.. Spine chipped; soiling and light use to boards.. Folio,. Illustrated.

London, 1931. 4to, pp. [8], 157; color frontis, 36 plates (1 folding) often with illus. on both recto and verso; very good in orig. printed paper-covered boards. 161 important mss. plus a group of facsimile mss. and works on paleography - 530 items all together.