VERE FOSTER'S WATER-COLOR SERIES.

LESSONS IN THE ART OF ILLUMINATING

A Series of Examples selected from Works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum.
With
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS,
AND A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE ART,
By
W. J. LOFTIE, b.a., f.s.a.,

AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF LONDON," "MEMORIALS OF THE SAVOY PALACE," "A CENTURY OF BIBLES," "A PLEA FOR ART IN THE HOUSE," ETC.

London: BLACKIE & SON; Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dublin.

The Colored Illustrations are Printed by W. G. BLACKIE & CO., Glasgow, from Drawings by J. A. BURT.

The Ornamental Border and Initial of the Title-page are interesting examples of Italian work of the fifteenth century. They are from the Harleian Collection, British Museum (3109 and 4902) different works, but evidently executed by the same hand. The Colors are represented in the engraving by means of lines (as explained on page 18), so that by the aid of these directions the student can reproduce them in the colors employed in the original MSS.