Les manuscrits et l'art de les orner : ouvrage historique et pratique illustré de 300 reproductions de miniatures, bordures et lettres ornées.
Labitte, Alphonse,1853-
Traquair, Phoebe Anna,binder.StEdNL: Bdg.m.183
Traquair, Phoebe Anna,inscriber.StEdNL: Bdg.m.183
Napier, Hilda Traquair,1879-1964,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.m.183
Paris : Charles Mendel, éditeur 118 bis, Rue d'Assas, 118 bis,
1893.
"Il a éte tiré à part quinze exemplaires sur papier des Manufactures impériales du Japon numérotés à la presse (1 à 15). Exemplaire no. 10."
Manuscript inscription on the recto of the front flyleaf "To my daughter Hilda Napier / Phoebe A Traquair. 1912".
Bound in a modelled leather (calfskin?) binding by Phoebe Anna Traquair which features on the front board an image of a scribe, the date "1896", Traquair's monogram, and points of the compass (north, east west, south). The back board features an image of the Tree of Knowledge and a gowned figure (Eve?).
Includes bibliographical references.
Manuscripts.
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
France Paris.