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4to, signed and dated by Dr Wright, 14 plates (12 coloured and tipped-in), orig. cloth. The Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts Edited by Walter Oakeshott. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
3 Vols., 4to, 184 plates (18 in colour), list of prices and buyers' names loosely inserted, orig. printed boards, slightly worn and faded, 155 lots. Dyson Perrins formed his collection early in the twentieth century when exceptional manuscripts of this type, though rare enough, were by no means unobtainable, and it seems unlikely that any series of quite such quality will come on the market again.
1959rif. 49192Faber 1959-62. 8 vols. roy. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous fine coloured reproductions throughout; cloth upper boards and backstrips lettered in gilt a near fine set in dustwrapper one wrapper with small loss at upper edge of front panel. The set comprises: The Great Lambeth Bible ed. Dodwell 1959; The Parisian Miniaturist Honore ed. Millar 1959; The Rohan Book of Hours ed. Porcher 1959; The Benedictional of St. Ethelwold ed. Wormald 1959; The Vienna Genesis ed. Wellesz 1960; A Fifteenth Century Italian Plutarch ed. Mitchell 1961; The Douce Apocalypse ed. Hassall 1961; The York Psalter ed. Boase 1962. Two further volumes - The Book of Durrow ed. Bruce-Mitford and The Book of Kells ed. Henry were projected but never published in this series. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Faber, hardcover
19598 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured reproductions throughout; cloth, upper boards and backstrips lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper (save The York Psalter), one or two wrappers lightly frayed at edges.. The set comprises: The Great Lambeth Bible (ed. Dodwell), 1959; The Parisian Miniaturist Honore (ed. Millar), 1959; The Rohan Book of Hours (ed. Porcher), 1959; The Benedictional of St. Ethelwold (ed. Wormald), 1959; The Vienna Genesis (ed. Wellesz), 1960; A Fifteenth Century Italian Plutarch (ed. Mitchell), 1961; The Douce Apocalypse (ed. Hassall), 1961; The York Psalter (ed. Boase), 1962. Two further volumes - The Book of Durrow (ed. Bruce-Mitford) and The Book of Kells (ed. Henry) were projected but never published in this series.
4to, 40 coloured plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
4to, 40 coloured plates, orig. cloth.
Folio, 96pp., 13 plates in colour and gold, 96 monochrome plates, orig. cloth, d.w. This celebrated manuscript of the four Gospels is among the most important and beautiful surviving from the early period of the Holy Roman Empire. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
First Edition, 4to, ex-library, 8 tipped-in coloured plates, orig. cloth.
First Edition, 4to, 8 tipped-in coloured plates, orig. cloth. The Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts Edited by Walter Oakeshott. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
1985A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 134 pages. Photographs and illustrations.
First edition, folio (465 x 330mm), 2 vols., in 4 (all published, 2 vols., of text each with an accompanying volume of plates), xii, [4], 145, [3]; xiv, [2], 263, [1]pp., printed on hand-made paper, coloured frontispieces, 201 plates (2 in colour, some double-page) prepared by Emery Walker, orig. buckram, gilt, uncut. A very nice set of Beatty's luxurious catalogue, prepared by Eric George Millar, curator of manuscripts at the British Museum. Beatty formed his superb collection in a mere six-year period. Beatty projected six volumes (each similarly divided into text and plates) to the series in his foreword, but these four were the only volumes issued; the last would have contained descriptions of manuscripts from the later Middle Ages.
Folio, [x],61,[1]pp., coloured frontis., 1 coloured plate, 183 monochrome plates, title in red and black, orig. gilt buckram, a little rubbed and stained, uncut. Reproduces all the important illustrations from this great English manuscript from the East Anglia school, dating from about 1340 A.D. The reproductions are on the scale of the original and the two fine colour plates accurately present the splendid colouring of the MS.
Folio, iv, 24pp., 2 fine chromolithographed plates framed in gilt, margin tear to one leaf, orig. cloth, uncut. This account was printed for the bookseller firm of Pearson & Co. in 50 copies, it was purchased by Pierpont Morgan in ca. 1911; the MS. is now M.21 in the Pierpont Morgan Library.
1973Sm. folio, First Edition thus, with 127 fine plates in gilt and colours; red cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in gilt, backstrip very lightly faded else a very good, clean copy in publisher's board slip-case, the latter with mounted coloured illustration (repeated from text) and mildly age-soiled.
First Edition, 4to, ex-library, 8 tipped-in coloured plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
First Edition, Elephant folio, [vi],50,[2]pp., 4 coloured plates highlighted with gilt, 208 collotype facsimile plates, orig. cloth. This large facsimile of the most famous illuminated manuscript in the Bodleian Library was made possible by a substantial donation, made anonymously through the Friends of the Bodleian. Four of its pages are reproduced in full colour; Mr. W.A. Cadbury, Mr. A. Chester Beatty, Mr. C.W. Dyson Perrins, and Mr. C.H. St. John Hornby having each of them contributed the cost of the colour plate. The descriptive text has been written by Dr. M.R. James.
Folio, xxiv,294pp., coloured frontis., 174 plates, orig. cloth.
First Edition, orig. cloth. This book should be of interest not only to patristic scholars concerned with the text of Cyprian, but also to all those who have to do with the problems of reconstructing an ancient text from Western manuscripts in a heavily contaminated tradition.
4to, TLS review tipped-in, 8 coloured tipped-in plates, orig. cloth. The Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts Edited by Walter Oakeshott. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
1972Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous splendid coloured heightened in gold; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case with mounted coloured plate. With extended introduction and bibliography.
1983rif. 29506ABWiesbaden, Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1983. 4° (28x20), 435 S., mit 200 ganzseitig bebilderten und beschriebenen Objekten, ill OKart (Brosch), minimalst berieben, fest sauber und gepflegt, [= Bayerische Staatsbibliothek : Ausstellungskataloge; 28],
1898rif. 806321898 Paris, Henri Laurens Editeur - 1898 - Rroisième édition - In-8 - Demi basane brune, 5 nerfs, fleurons et titres dorés ( belle reliure probablement postérieure avec gardes en textile contre-collé sur papier à motifs de fleurs de lys - 1ère de couverture conservée - 159 pages - Illustrations en noir & blanc
rif. 603126Vesoul, Philippe Lebaud, 1991. In-4, rel. pleine toile noire de l'éd. titrée en doré en long au dos, plat sup. titré en doré et orné d'une ill. en coul. contrecollée, 200 pp., ill. en noir in-t., planches en couleurs hors-t.
rif. 201613585Paris, Pml ediitons, 1986 ; in-4, 221 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Avec jaquette.
rif. 201310731Paris, Pml ediitons, 1986 ; in-4, 221 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Avec jaquette.