holkham bible picture book introduction de hassall (3 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. First trade edition of this facsimile reproduction of a fourteenth-century illustrated collection of biblical and apocryphal stories produced by an unidentified Dominican friar, originally held in Holkham Hall, Norfolk and now owned by the British Library. 4to. 191pp + xlii plates. Printed on mould-made vellum paper and bound in half niger morocco with a leather fore-edge, five raised bands and blind-decorated parchment sides. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. The facsimile plates printed by the Oxford University Press. A little wear to the tips of two upper corners, and a touch of light further chafing to one other extremity. Very good indeed.

First Edition. Finely and sumptuously bound on full crushed aniline calf. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance : Bookplate of W & PJ Kupper. Physical description; vii, 191 p., 42 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 36 cm. Notes; Bound in half red niger morocco with leather fore-edge and parchment sides. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 'This is copy no. 39 of 100 copies which have been specially bound and signed. Subjects; Holkham Hall. Library. Bible Manuscripts Facsimiles. Bible Illustrations. Bible Picture Bibles. 3 Kg.

London, the Dropmore Press, 1954, in-folio, 35 x 25 cm, vii pp + 191 pp + 42 leaves with fac-similes, index and glossery, bound in half red niger morocco with parchment sides, raised gilt spine, outer and lower edge uncut, very handsome copy in perfect state of preservation.