BRUUN, JOHAN ADOLF

An enqiry [sic] into the art of the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. Part I [all published]. Celtic illuminated manuscripts

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1897. Edition limited to 140 copies, 4to, pp. xiv, 86, [1]; 10 plates, decorations and initials in red throughout; original blindstamped cream linen binding; minor soiling, else near fine. Bookplate of the Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. Tipped in is a one-and-a-half page autograph letter from the author to Thomas Ross of Edinburgh, presenting this copy of the book ("a little souvenir") and the book is also inscribed by the author to Ross. Item #31428

Price: $450.00