Illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum : Miniatures, borders, and initials reproduced in gold and colours / with descriptive text by George F. Warner, M.A., D.Litt., Assistant keeper of manuscripts. Series I-IV. Sixty plates.

Sir George Frederic Warner

RA Collection: Book

Record number

13/3492

Author

Imprint

London: Printed by order of the trustees. Sold at the British Museum; and by Longmans & Co., 39 Paternoster Row; Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly; Asher & Co., 13 Bedford Street, Covent Garden; Kegan Paul, Trench, Tübner & Co., Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road; and Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner, London., 1899-1903

Physical Description

4 volumes, 60 colour plates : illustrations ; 39 cm.

Series Title

British Museum. Illuminated manuscripts. Series.: I-IV

General Note

The printer is named on the verso of the title pages: `Reproduced and printed by William Griggs.'
Each series has special title page, dated 1899-1903.

Contents

vol. 1 first series -- vol. 2 second series -- vol. 3 third series -- vol. 4 fourth series.

Copy Note

`300 copies on paper, and 10 with plates on vellum' [Verso of series I title page]. `500 copies' (series II, III and IV). [Verso of collective title page].

Name as Subject

Subject

Illumination of books and manuscripts - Specimens
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Facsimiles
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance Facsimiles
Chromolithography

Contributors

William Griggs, lithographic printer
British Museum, bookseller
Longmans and Company (London), bookseller
Bernard Quaritch, bookseller
Asher and Company, bookseller
Kegan Paul, Trench and Company, bookseller
Henry Frowde, bookseller