Illustrated guide to illuminated manuscripts held by Oxford college and university libraries.  36 b&w plates illustrate examples with a description of each.  Paperback.  52 pages.  Small previous owner inscription, otherwise good condition.  Cat No 3961

Anniversary exhibition catalogue describing the founding of the library at the end of the C16th, the personal influence and beneficence of Thomas Bodley, the first major donation of books by the Earl of Essex, the creation of the book catalogue by librarian Thomas James, and the construction of t

Catalogue to an exhbition of missals, breviaries, kalendars, chant books and books of hours. An Introduction to the subject is followed by 117 exhibit descriptions of which twenty are illustrated in b&w plates. Paperback. Good clean condition. Cat No 2082