Wyatt (Matthew Digby) Specimens of the Geometrical Mosaic of the Middle Ages, first edition, chromolithographed decorative title and 20 plates, many heightened with gold, title and one plate with tear to lower margin neatly repaired, some light marginal damp-staining, presentation copy from the author to his brother T.H.Wyatt inscribed on front free endpaper and with the latter's bookplate, original decorative boards designed by Wyatt with binder's ticket of A.Tarrant of Holborn, rather rubbed and stained, rebacked in calf, folio, Day & Son, [1848].

⁂ A good association copy of Wyatt’s first publication, one of his scarcest, and an excellent example of mid-nineteenth century chromolithography. The colour plates depict mosaic pavements from churches at Rome, Venice and Palermo, and are from Wyatt’s own drawings made when he was on an European tour in 1844-46. The book proved influential among contemporary designers.

Thomas Henry Wyatt (1807-1880), architect, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870-73.