The art of illuminating as practised in Europe from the earliest times : illustrated by borders, initial letters, and alphabets / selected & chromolithographed by W.R. Tymms ; with an essay and instructions by M.D. Wyatt, archt.

Fac-similes of the miniatures & ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish manuscripts / executed by J.O. Westwood ; drawn on stone by W.R. Tymms ; chromo-lithographed by Day and Son, Limited.

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