THE ILLUMINATION OF BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS RARE BOOK COLLECTION ~~~~~~~~ A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 120 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first
time on one USB flash drive revealing the enchanting art of ILLUMINATED BOOKS & MANUSCRIPT
ILLUMINATION. Discover the fascinating art
of the Middle Ages expressed through the illumination of books and manuscripts.
Learn about the history, theory, and practice of illuminating. Study examples
from some of the finest medieval illuminations in existence. Read about
miniature art, emblematic illumination, traditional methods for illumination on
both paper and vellum, missal painting, manuscript ornamentation, and much
more. Also included in this astonishing collection are catalogs containing
examples and details of rare illuminated books alongside several manuals and
guides for modern illuminators and artists seeking to replicate the medieval
masterpieces. Some of the books contained
within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable
library of reference material. Overall, this is an absolute must for anyone
with an interest in book illumination, medieval art and illuminated manuscripts.
The full list of titles included speaks for itself…. This superb compilation of 123
vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books
have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to
read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or
e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. Most of the books
are written in English with several additional texts in French and German. This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A Book of
Good Cheer - The Hayes Lithographing Company (1908) A booke of
Christmas carols, illuminated from ancient manuscripts in the British museum -
J. Cundall (1846) A Catalogue
of the early printed books and illuminated manuscripts collected by R. Bennett
(1900) A Christmas
carol - A. T. Crispin (1873) A collection
of choice manuscripts, incunables, books of hours, maps, music autographs,
woodcut books (1909) A collection
of excessively rare books, letters and illuminated manuscripts ... to be sold December 14 and 15, 1909 -
Anderson Galleries Inc. A companion
to Manual of illumination - containing borders, capitals, texts, and detail
finishings, etc. - J. J. Laing (1901) A descriptive
and illustrated catalogue of miniature paintings of the Jaina Kalpasåutra as
executed in the early western Indian style - W. N. Brown (1922) A guide to
the manuscripts, autographs, charters, seals, illuminations and bindings
exhibited in the Department of Manuscripts (1906) A handbook of
the art of illumination, as practised during the Middle Ages - H. Shaw (1866) A history of
minature art - J. L. Propert (1887) A manual of
illumination on paper and vellum - J. W. Bradley (1861) A practical
treatise on the art of illuminating - M. Ward (1873) A primer of
the art of illumination for the use of beginners - F. Delamotte (1874) A Roman
alphabet and how to use it - F. F. Frederick (1917) A text-book
of free-hand lettering - F. T. Daniels (1909) A textbook on
lettering and sign painting (1902) A very proper
treatise, wherein is briefly sett forthe the arte of limming, which teacheth
the order in drawing & tracing of letters, vinets, flowers, armes and
imagery - R. Tottel (1573) Ancient
English Christmas carols 1400 to 1700 - E. Rickert
(1910) Aphorisms of
the wise & good - T. Bessent (1862) Arts and
crafts in the middle ages - J. Addison (1914) Becker's
ornamental penmanship. A series of analytical and finished alphabets - G. J.
Becker (1854) Book bindings
- historical and decorative - Maggs Bros (1921) Borders,
initials, etc. from illuminated M.S.S - unknown author (1800) Bulletin de
la Société française de reproductions de manuscrits à peintures Vols. 1 - 2
(1911) Bulletin de
la Société française de reproductions de manuscrits à peintures Vols. 5 - 6
(1911) Catalogue of
a series of illuminations from mss. principally of the Italian and French
schools - Burlington
Fine Arts Club (1886) Catalogue of
an exhibition of illuminated and painted manuscripts - Grolier Club (1892) Catalogue of
an exhibition of illuminated and painted manuscripts, together with a few early
printed books with illuminations - Grolier Club (1892) Catalogue of
an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, principally Biblical and liturgical -
John Rylands Library (1908) Catalogue of
manuscripts - mostly illuminated, many in fine bindings, offered for sale by J.
& J. Leighton, London
(1900) Catalogue of
twenty-eight illuminated manuscripts and two illuminated printed books, the
property of Henry Yates Thompson - sold at auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson &
Hodge (1919) Celtic
illuminative art in the gospel books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells - S.
Robinson (1908) Chateau de
Chantilly - le cabinet des livres du Musée Condé - cent reproductions Church
decoration - a practical manual of appropriate ornamentation - unknown author
(1860) Der
Sachsenspiegel Vol. 1 - (1921) Der
Sachsenspiegel Vol. 2 - (1921) Description
des peintures et autres ornements conte nus dans les manuscrits grecs de la
Bibliothèque nationale - H. L. Bordier (1883) Die deutsche
Buchmalerei in ihren stilistischen Entwicklungsphasen; mit 6 Farbentafeln und
64 Abbildungen - F. Jacobi (1923) Die
Miniaturen der Universitäts-Bibliothek zu Heidelberg
Vol. 1 - G. K. Heidelberg (1887) Die
Miniaturen des fruhen Mittelalters - H. Hieber (1912) Die
ottonische Kölner Buchmalerei ein
beitrag zur entwicklungsgeschichte der frühmittelalterlichen kunst in
Westdeutschland - H. Ehl (1922) Early
drawings and illuminations - an introduction to the study of illustrated
manuscripts - W. de Gray Birch (1879) Early
illustrated books - a history of the decoration and illustration of books in
the 15th and 16th centuries A. W. Pollard (1893) Elementary
instruction in the art of illuminating and missal painting on vellum - a guide
to modern illuminators - D. Larent de Lara (1860) Emblematic
illumination; or, Forms, colours, and emblems - suitable for illuminating texts
of holy scripture in large style, in oils or water-colours - F. M. Redgrave
(1860) English
illuminated manuscripts - E. M. Thompson (1895) English
minstrelsy - H. Abrahall (1860) Examples of
the art of book-illumination during the middle ages reproduced in facsimile -
B. Quaritch (1889) Exhibition of
illuminated manuscripts - Burlington
Fine Arts Club (1908) Fac-similé de
livres copiés et enluminés pour le roi Charles V (1903) Facsimiles of
choice examples selected from illuminated manuscripts, unpublished drawings and
illustrated books of early date - B. Quartich (1890) Fac-similes
of the miniatures & ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish manuscripts - J.
O. Westwood (1868) Free-hand
lettering - V. T. Wilson (1905) Guide for
drawing the acanthus, and every description of ornamental foliage - J. Page
(1886) Guide to the
art of illuminating and missal painting - G. A. Audsley (1861) Histoire de
l'ornementation des manuscrits - F. Denis (1857) Illuminated
manuscripts. ... With twenty-one illustrations - J. W. Bradley (1920) Illuminated
manuscripts - J. A. Herbert (1911) Illuminated
manuscripts - J. W. Bradley (1905) Illuminated
manuscripts - their origin, history and characteristics - E. Quaille (1897) Illuminated
manuscripts and bindings of manuscripts exhibited in the Grenville Library - British Museum (1923) Illuminated
manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their technique -
J. H. Middleton (1892) Illuminated
ornaments, selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to
the seventeenth centuries - H. Shaw (1833) Illumination
and its development in the present day - S. Farnsworth (1922) La miniature
en Orient - E. Kuhnel (1921) Lapidario del rey d. Alfonso X;
codice original (1881) L'art de
l'enluminure - métier, histoire, pratique - A. Labitte (1893) Leaves from a
Christmas bough - E. Bond (1867) Les évangiles
des dimanches et fêtes de l'année Vol. 1 - Catholic Church (1864) Les évangiles
des dimanches et fêtes de l'année Vol. 2 - Catholic Church (1864) Les évangiles
des dimanches et fêtes de l'année - Appendice - Catholic Church (1864) Les
manuscrits et la miniature - A. Lecoy de La Marche (1884) Les
miniaturistes français - H. Martin (1906) Les peintres
de manuscrits et la miniature en France - H. Martin (1909) Lessons in
the art of illuminating - a series of examples selected from works in the
British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum - W. J.
Loftie (1895) Manual of
illuminated and missal painting - E. Jewitt
(1860) Manuscrits
sur velin avec miniatures du Xe au XVIe siècle, soigneusement décrits et mis en
vente (1910) Miniatures
and borders from the Book of hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan,
in the British Museum (1894) Miniaturmalerei
im islamischen Orient - E. Kuhnel (1923) Oeuvre de
Jehan Foucquet. Heures de Maistre Estienne Chevalier Vol. 1 - J. Fouquet (1866) Oeuvre de
Jehan Foucquet. Heures de Maistre Estienne Chevalier Vol. 2 - J. Fouquet (1866) Of the
decorative illustration of books old and new - W. Crane (1905) Of the
tumbler of Our Lady & other miracles - A. Kemp-Welch (1908) One with
Christ in glory. Thoughts on John XVII., with a revised version from a critical
Greek text, and the Authorized version illuminated - J. Inglis (1871) Palæography.
Notes upon the history of writing and the medieval art of illumination - B.
Quaritch (1894) Poklad
svatovítský a knihovna kapitulní (1903) Portfolio of
ancient capital letters, monograms, quaint designs, etc. etc. coloured and
tinted; eighteen plates (1859) Printing and
writing materials, their evolution - A. M. Smith (1904) Psalterium et
cantica - some account of an illuminated psalter for the use of the convent of
Saint Mary of the Virgins at Venice
- W. Weale (1887) Reproductions
from illuminated manuscripts - G. Biagi (1914) Schools of
illumination; reproductions from Manuscripts in the British Museum Vol. 4
(1914) Schools of
illumination; reproductions from Manuscripts in the British Museum Vol. 5
(1914) Some notes on
early woodcut books, with a chapter on illuminated manuscripts - W. Morris
(1902) Songs of
Shakespeare - W. Shakespeare (1865) The art of
illuminating as practised in Europe from the
earliest times - illustrated by borders, initial letters, and alphabets Vol. 1
- W. R. Tymms (1860) The
bibliographical decameron; or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated
manuscripts Vol. 1 - T. Dibdin (1817) The
bibliographical decameron; or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated
manuscripts Vol. 3 - T. Dibdin (1817) The book of
hours of Yolande of Flanders, a manuscript of
the fourteenth century in the library of Henry Yates Thompson - S. Cockerell
(1905) The book of
ornamental alphabets, ancient and mediaeval, from the eighth century - F.
Delamotte (1914) The child's
illuminated prayer book - a first book of prayers for children (1846) The
embroiderer's book of design - containing initials, emblems, cyphers,
monograms, ornamental borders, ecclesiastical devices, mediæval and modern alphabets
- F. Delamotte (1891) The Floral
gift - an illuminated souvenir - S. Stanesby
(1860) The Gorleston
psalter, a manuscript of the beginning of the fourteenth century in the library
of C.W. Dyson Perrins - S. Cockerell (1907) The hand book
of mediaeval alphabets and devices - H. Shaw (1853) The history,
theory, and practice of illuminating - M. D. Wyatt (1861) The
illuminated Bible - containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out the
original tongues, also, the Apocrypha - J. A. Adams (1846) The
illuminated book of needlework - comprising knitting, netting, crochet, and
embroidery - H. Owen (1847) The
illuminated manuscripts in the library of the Fitzwilliam
Museum, Cambridge, catalogued with descriptions, and
an introduction (1876) The miniature
painting and painters of Persia,
India and Turkey, from the 8th to the 18th
century - F. R. Martin (1912) The miracles
of Our Lord - H. N. Humphreys (1848) The new
illuminated Holy Bible self-pronouncing with marginal references and
concordance (1897) The Sermon on
the Mount - Gospel of St. Matthew - O. Jones (1845) The Sermon on
the mount - T. Bessent (1850) The signist's
book of modern alphabets, plain and ornamental, ancient and mediæval, from the
eighth to the twentieth century, with numerals - F. Delamotte (1906) The story of
Kālaka - texts, history, legends, and miniature paintings of the Śvetāmbara
Jain hagiographical work, the Kālakācāryakathā - W. Brown (1921) Three gems in
one setting - A. L. Bond (1860) Traité
pratique de l'enluminure des livres d'heures, canons d'autel images et gravures
felon la méthods des anciens d'apres les documents..... - K. Robert (1898) Twelve
parables of our Lord - illustrated and illuminated - H. R. McEniry (1870) Valuable
manuscripts of the Middle Ages, mostly illuminated - with xvi plates - E.
Hirsch (1902) Vaticanische
miniaturen - S. Beissel (1893) Writing &
illuminating, & lettering - E. Johnston
(1906) An absolute must
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