[Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum] 1 John 4:7-21 E-List 18 Each in His Own Tongue

Each in His Own Tongue

four full-page engravings

lettered in one

Printed in Caslon Oldstyle on fourteen sheets of loose folded handmade Hosho paper laid into a black cloth folder

Four bands to spine with title and author to second and fourth compartments

[Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum] 1 John 4:7-21 E-List 18 Each in His Own Tongue1 John 4: 721. [Leicester, England, June 1923.] Illuminated manuscript on vellum, 4 pages of text in a formal textura hand, opening with a large burnished gold initial B; throughout, selected initials also in burnished gold. Neat colophon in a small formal hand on the rear pastedown: This book was made for Dr: Gertrude E. Austin Leicester June 1923. Contemporary full vellum over boards, the upper cover lettered 1 John 4 721; plain vellum pastedowns