[Illuminated MSS | Fine Binding] The Temptation of Friar Gonsol 2023 Inventory Illustrated with 50 color sketches

Illustrated with 50 color sketches by Waterfield on glossy paper

Goudy from his designs

Bound in crushed red morocco by Riviere & Son

Initials of scene openings elaborately wood-engraved

"This small book

[Illuminated MSS | Fine Binding] The Temptation of Friar Gonsol 2023 Inventory Illustrated with 50 color sketchesField, Eugene. The Temptation of Friar Gonsol: The Story of the Devil, Two Saints, and a Booke. A charming illuminated manuscript by Walter Cummings Allen (signed in the colophon at the rear), begun in 1909 and completed in 1926. 27pp. Written out on thick paper in black and red, with 27 small initials in gold, accented with red, blue, or green, along with 10 large initials in gold, beautifully executed in shades of red, blue, green, and yellow, with