Author: QUARITCH (Bernard)
Title: A Catalogue of Medieval Literature Especially of the Romances of Chivalry and Books Relating to the Customs, Costume, Art, and Pageantry of the Middle Ages.
Description: London: Bernard Quaritch, 1890. 4to, 88pp., presentation inscription to front endpaper, 19 plates of which 16 are fine chromo-lithographs heightened with gold (a couple slightly spotted), orig. printed wrappers bound in, marbled endpapers, later quarter roan, 461 items described. Only a very few copies were issued with the beautiful series of plates selected from the complete series of Quaritch's illustrations, illustrating romances of chivalry mediaeval literature, costume, etc.

Keywords: ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS CHIVALRY ROMANCES MEDIAEVAL LITERATURE