The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages : An Account of the Development and Progress of the Art of Illumination, as a Distinct Branch of Pictorial Ornamentation, from the IVth to the XVIIth Centuries
by Humphreys, Henry Noel
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine condition./VG+ Jacket (lightly rubbed)
- ISBN 10
- 1851702768
- ISBN 13
- 9781851702763
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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- 004142
- Title
- The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages : An Account of the Development and Progress of the Art of Illumination, as a Distinct Branch of Pictorial Ornamentation, from the IVth to the XVIIth Centuries
- Author
- Humphreys, Henry Noel
- Illustrator
- Owen Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition.
- Jacket Condition
- VG+ Jacket (lightly rubbed)
- Edition
- Reprint of the1849 original.
- ISBN 10
- 1851702768
- ISBN 13
- 9781851702763
- Publisher
- Bracken Books
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1989
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art / Fine Arts / Arts & Crafts;
- Size
- (vi), 127pp.
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