Lives of the saints; enriched with fifty-one full-page miniatures in gold and colours, the text within engraved borders, from ancient books of devotion.
Category
Books
Date
1869
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3247991
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 374, [4], 51 plates (col.) :. ill. ;. 29 cm. Binding: Red leather, gold, red and black cross on the front and back boards, with corners motifs and gold framing around the board edges, gold tooling and gold lettering on the spine, 5 raised spine bands, marbled paper lining papers, gilt page edges, gold tooling on the inside edges of both boards.