Examples of the art of book-illumination during the middle ages
Subtitle: reproduced in facsimile
Contributors: Griggs, William, 1832-1911, lithographer; Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher: Bernard Quaritch
Published: 1889
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts; Specimens; Medieval Art; Indians of Mexico; Languages; Writing; Mexican Manuscripts; Facsimiles
Work titles: Facsimiles of choice examples selected from illuminated manuscripts
Notes: Ten parts in 6, issued 1889-1892, with cover title: Facsimiles of choice examples selected from illuminated manuscripts, unpublished drawings and illustrated books of early date.

The parts (except the first) were also issued separately. Parts IV and V-X have special title-pages: (1) Mexican picture-chronicale of Cempoallan and other states of the empire of Aculuacan, London, 1890 ; (2) Facsimiles of illustrations in Biblical and liturgical manuscripts executed in various countries during the XI-XVI centuries, now in the possession of Bernard Quaritch. London, 1892.

"Limited to 250 copies."--Cf. Quaritch, B. A catalogue of rare and valuable books on the fine arts, 1909-10, p. 113.

Color lithographs by William Griggs.

10 parts bound in one volume.