[Illuminated MSS | Fine Binding] The Temptation of Friar Gonsol E-List 23 The Home Book of Verse

The Home Book of Verse [2 volumes]

of which this is #660

Title page in red and black

John Haynes

[Illuminated MSS | Fine Binding] The Temptation of Friar Gonsol E-List 23 The Home Book of VerseField, 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