Hand book of illuminated initial letters from the 6th to the 18th century
Subtitle: containing 363 examples.
Contributors: Newbery & Alexander
Series: Newbery & Alexander's hand book series
Publisher: Newbery & Alexander
Published: 1860
Place of publication: [London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Alphabets.; Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Other titles: Illuminated ancient and modern alphabets
Notes: Imprint from BM Cat.

Issued as part of Newbery & Alexander's hand book series, available separately in printed wrappers or with several titles bound together in cloth.

Includes index, listing sources.

Alphabets are chromolithographed in several colours and gold.

MASS copy 1-2: Issued with 2 other titles from the same series.

MASS copy 1: Bound in brown morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind, with blue, red and green paper onlays.

MASS copy 2: Bound in green morocco-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind, with red, white and blue paper onlays; in same design as copy 1.