[Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum] The Making of Viola E-List 34 American Binder"

American Binder"

caused by ink settling into the paper

Headbands and initials by F

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Printed on handmade Rivers paper

[Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum] The Making of Viola E-List 34 American Binder"[Thompson, Francis.] The Making of Viola. England, 1920s (very likely Leicester). Illuminated manuscript on vellum of Thompsons lyric beginning Spin, daughter Mary, spin, the text written in a formal Gothic hand in black ink with sectional headings in burnished gold. Opening leaf with a stunning large illuminated initial S in red and burnished gold with lattice diapering and white heightening; small roundel in raised gold at the end of the text