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MANUSCRIPT -- The Sermon on the Mount, an illuminated manuscript by L.A. Bloxham, presentation inscription dated 1904, with title and 62 illuminated leaves, 4° (220 x 180mm.), each leaf with pen and ink and watercolour design of flowers, foliage, exotic birds, vases and drapery, heightened in gilt, surrounding a central panel containing the text in a fine calligraphic hand, contemporary blind-stamped calf by J. Mackenzie & Son over wood boards, gilt lettered spine, gilt and gauffeured edges, brass clasp.
The inscription reads: "Henrietta Bloxam, from her mother, P. (?) L. Bloxam, Oct. 23rd 1904," and bookplate of Sydney John Robinson.
The inscription reads: "Henrietta Bloxam, from her mother, P. (?) L. Bloxam, Oct. 23rd 1904," and bookplate of Sydney John Robinson.