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Illumination interest. THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AS PRACTISED IN EUROPE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. ILLUSTRATED BY BORDERS, INITIAL LETTERS AND ALPHABETS SELECTED AND CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED. By WR Tymms and M Wyatt (1860) Published by Day and Son. Original gilt-decorated brown cloth. A fine book illustrating the mid 19th century interest in the Gothic style. It provides an overview of the art of illuminating in Western culture with examples from the VIth - XVIth century. The book itself is a splendid example of the fine art of chromolithographical printing attained by the printers Day and Son. (1)
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