Catalogue 44: Illuminations

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William Blake The Creation of the Songs. From Manuscript to Illuminated Printing. [Phillips, Michael] Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. 8vo, xi, 180 pp. Illustrated. Original paperback, new. First American edition. Concentrates on the manuscript changes leading to the etched versions. ... $10.00

Illuminated manuscript Pontifical on vellum in Latin. [Pontificale Romanum] Northern France: c. 1400. Thick roy. 8vo, (242 x 162 mm), 154 leaves, lacking about 50 leaves. Original or very earely blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, brass bosses on covers, clasps, rebacked to style. Illustrated throughout with whimsical drawings (see below). An incomplete but well-preserved Pontifical, in good condition. The chief attraction of this manuscript is the presence of some 50 drawings of funny faces within capital letters, 9 leaves with whimsical drawings or grotesques around the catchwords, 82 leaves with music in red, a strong six-line initial letter with elaborate penwork, and hundreds of 2- or 3-line initials. As... $39,500.00

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