Corrected proofs for Facsimiles of the miniatures and ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish manuscripts / J. O. Westwood, 1867.

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Corrected proofs for Facsimiles of the miniatures and ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish manuscripts / J. O. Westwood, 1867.

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Galley proofs, in purple cloth binding, with annotations in brown ink and pencil throughout. Most of the annotations are Westwood's corrections, including text changes, additions, and formatting instructions. The contents include 2 title pages and 2 introductions (p. iii-ix), the second version of each containing edits indicated in the first versions; 1 list of plates in French; 1 list of plates in English; the text (p. 1-147); 2 versions of the appendix (p. 149-155); and numbered plates, mostly in black and white with annotations entirely in pencil.

1 v. (139 leaves) : 37 ill. (2 col.) ; 59 x 39 cm.

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Westwood, J.O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893

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British entomologist and paleographer, an authority on Anglo-Saxon and medieval manuscripts, and one of the pioneers in the publication of the pictures in illuminated manuscripts. From the description of Sketches and proofs for Illuminated illustrations of the Bible : copied from select manuscripts of the Middle Ages, 1846-1847. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79821976 British entomologist and paleographer, an authority on Anglo-Saxon and medieval manuscripts...