A picture book of the life of Saint Anthony the Abbot : reproduced from a manuscript of the year 1426 in the Malta Public Library at Valletta, with supplementary plates of related subjects
Editor:
Graham, Rose
Illuminator:
Fournier, Robin
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Johnson, John (printer)
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Printer:
Emery Walker Limited
Edited and described by Rose Graham.
Contains a monograph on the large manuscript which illustrates the life of Saint Anthony, a folio by folio description of the manuscript with transcription of the captions; and a section of plates reproducing the illustrated leaves of the manuscript as well as scenes from altas pieces and other manuscripts relating to the life of Saint Anthony.
Pictures by Robin Fournier, based on the life of Saint Anthony by Jean Macellard.
Viii, [2], 144, [2] p., LXVI p of plates : ill. facsims. (1 col.) ; 38 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1937) by Roxburghe Club
Production date: AD 1937
Title in red and black. "In this volume the collotype plates are the work of Emery Walker Limited.". Quarter bound in black leather with maroon cloth sides.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: PB 1937.3
Primary reference Number: 99020
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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