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Lot 348
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
9:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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TYMMS, William Robert. - WYATT, Matthew Digby, Sir (1820-1977). The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times. London: Day & Son, 1860.
4to (294 x 206 mm). Chromolithographed title, chromolithographed colophon, numerous chromolithographed plates. Original publisher's brown cloth gilt, edges gilt (hinges reinforced and starting, with repairs to spine, slight wear to joints and spine ends). Provenance: Michael Foster Ward (bookplate).
PRESUMED FIRST EDITION of a study of the art of illuminating and the revival of this decorative art.