A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles. 6 vol. in 9 [complete set]

London: Harvey Miller, 1978 6 parts in 9 volumes, 4to (33.5 cm), 219 pp; 243 pp; 235 pp; 276 & 374 pp; 72 pp, [64] ff of plates & 231 pp; 296 pp & 433 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines (without dust jackets, bindings gently rubbed and scratched, binding of vol. 3 slightly creased at the tail of the spine, number stamped on front free endpaper of vol. 2). Complete set comprising:: 1. Alexander, J. J. G. Insular Manuscripts 6th-9th Century (1978); 2. Temple, E. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 900-1066 (1976); 3. Kauffmann, C. M. Romanesque Manuscripts 1066-1190 (1975); 4. Morgan, N. J. Early Gothic Manuscripts, 1190-1285, 2 vols, 1982-88; 5. Sandler, L. F. Gothic Manuscripts 1285-1385, 2 vols, 1986; 6. Scott, K. L. Later Gothic Manuscripts 1390-1490, 2 vols, 1996. "Conceived originally as a revision of Eric Millar's English Illuminated Manuscripts (1926-28), the scope and plan of this series has altered somewhat. We have retained the idea of listing the most important illuminated manuscripts of each century but aimed at describing each in greater detail than Millar did." (from the Preface).