The world's great manuscripts ; fac-similes of royal, historical, literary and other autograph documents, from the reign of Henry the Fifth down to our own times /

The world's great manuscripts ; fac-similes of royal, historical, literary and other autograph documents, from the reign of Henry the Fifth down to our own times /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
Other Authors: Warner, George F. (George Frederic), Sir, 1845-1936, Bergh, Albert Ellery, 1861-1919
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, London : The Colonial pPress, [1901]
Subjects:
Autographs > Facsimiles.
Manuscripts > Facsimiles.
Description
Item Description:Unauthorized reproduction of the "Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Dept. of mss., British museum," London, 1896-98, 1st-4th ser.
Royal edition-de-luxe. Illuminated title. Headings and ornamental initials in red. Limited edition of 1,000 sets. volume 1, number 1000; volume 2, number 500. The autographs are arranged chronologically in two series.
Ten facsimiles not in the British museum edition are added from other sources.
An "autograph edition-de-luxe" was issued under title "Universal classic manuscripts", without the additional facsimiles.
Physical Description:2 volumes : facsimiles ; 47 x 31 cm.