|
<
Go back
THE GOLDEN AGE, MANUSCRIPT PAINTING AT THE TIME OF JEAN, DUKE OF BERRY,.
Thomas, Marcel
First edition. Forty plates in full color. Ink inscription at top of free endpaper.
 E-mail/Export ?
More On This Subject - -
> ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
> FRANCE
See other books from the same collection - -
> From the reference library of a dealer
Books of related interests - -
> MINIATURES FROM A FRENCH HORAE, BRITISH MUSEUM ADD. MS. 16997, FIFTEEN TH CENTURY. REPRODUCED IN HONOUR OF JOHN ALEXANDER HERBERT.
 |
BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST...
by McLean, Ruari and Antonia.
First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies, of which this is one of 25 special copies with three actual plates demonstrating Fawcett's work loosely inserted in a pocket in the back. In special binding and with limitation page bound in and with McLean's signature. A check-list of books and plates printed by Fawcett, plus letters to, from or concerning him. Contains an outline of Fawcett's life, an interesting article on Fawcett's woodblock printing techniques by Gavin Bridson, and a look at scientific publishing in the nineteenth century. Many black and white illustrations, plus 9 color plates. Spine of jacket faded.
|
|
|
