Eighteenth Century Manuscript of Naive Illustrations of Scenes from English History
Limp card
Limp card. Very Good. Circa late 18th Century. (Watermark suggests 1760 to 1780.) 8vo. 20 by 16.5 cm. Unpaginated, 48 pages with visual content, most of which we would deemed finished artwork. Plus two pages of curious text.
On these pages are menus of several Medieval banquets -- we do not know whether these extensive menus are based on a legitimate source or were imagined by the compiler, or some combination. The occasions also don't seem to relate to any of the artwork, other than the Medieval commonality.
Much of the illustration, (truncated)
On these pages are menus of several Medieval banquets -- we do not know whether these extensive menus are based on a legitimate source or were imagined by the compiler, or some combination. The occasions also don't seem to relate to any of the artwork, other than the Medieval commonality.
Much of the illustration, (truncated)