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    By British Museum
    London   Trustees of the British Museum
    10" by 8" 38 [1], [50] pp.
    A first edition of the fourth volume in this series, presenting fifty exquisite black-and-white plates of medieval and Renaissance manuscript art, with a detailed 38-page guide, with the original slipcase.
    By British Museum

    1928 British Museum: Reproductions from Illuminated Manuscripts Series IV

    London   Trustees of the British Museum
    10" by 8" 38 [1], [50] pp.
    A first edition of the fourth volume in this series, presenting fifty exquisite black-and-white plates of medieval and Renaissance manuscript art, with a detailed 38-page guide, with the original slipcase.
    £40.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 969H40
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, With Slipcase

    Fifty loose plates with the 38-page booklet, in the publisher's original quarter cloth portfolio, with paper boards.

    Complete with the original slipcase. 

    This volume is a first edition, and the fourth volume in a celebrated series showcasing medieval and Renaissance manuscript decoration through high-quality plate reproductions.

    This volume contains fifty loose black-and-white plates, reproductions of miniatures, borders, and initials, accompanied by a descriptive 38-page booklet. Collated, complete.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original quarter cloth portfolio, with paper boards. Externally, very smart. Spine slightly faded. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities and boards, with one or two slight handling marks. Joints ever so slightly cracked, but firm. Slipcase, generally smart. Slight fading and rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd slight handling mark to boards, with rubbing causing slight loss to paper. Upper edge of the slipcase missing. Lower joints at the tail of the spine are cracked but structurally sound. Spine label age toned with one small chip. Spine label slightly age toned. Internally, loose plates and booklet bright and clean, if slightly age toned with one or two spots to fore edges. Very minor chip to fore edge of first page.

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