The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices / by Henry Shaw, F.S.A. Author of Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, etc, etc.
Henry Shaw
RA Collection: Book
Record number
13/1654
Author
Variant Title
The handbook of mediaeval alphabets and devices
Imprint
London: Berndar Quaritch, 1853
Physical Description
[7] p., 37 leaves of plates : , chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
General Note
Title page in red and black. Title vignette, initials.
Binding Note
19th-century blue cloth boards carrying blind-stamped decoration; spine lettered in gold 'The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets - H. Shaw'.
Subject
Alphabets — History
Illumination of books and manuscripts — Specimens, reproductions, etc.
Chromolithography
Palaeography — Roman script
Contributors