Author: JAMES (M.R.)
Title: The Romance of Alexander: A Collotype Facsimile of MS. Bodley 264. With an Introduction by M.R. James.
Description: The Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1933. First Edition, Elephant folio, [vi],50,[2]pp., 4 coloured plates highlighted with gilt, 208 collotype facsimile plates, orig. cloth. This large facsimile of the most famous illuminated manuscript in the Bodleian Library was made possible by a substantial donation, made anonymously through the Friends of the Bodleian. Four of its pages are reproduced in full colour; Mr. W.A. Cadbury, Mr. A. Chester Beatty, Mr. C.W. Dyson Perrins, and Mr. C.H. St. John Hornby having each of them contributed the cost of the colour plate. The descriptive text has been written by Dr. M.R. James.

Keywords: ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS