The Book: A History of the Bible by De Hamel, Christopher - 2001-09-25

Hardback. Good.

Phaidon Press, 2001-09-25. hardcover. Acceptable. 8x1x9. This Book is in Acceptable condition - BOTTOM CORNER OF FRONT COVER HAS WATER WRINKLING, REST FINE. Please note Acceptable is the lowest condition grade possible.All items ship within 24 hours. Packaging is 100% Recyclable. Most items purchased from Charitable organizations. A portion of each sale is also donated to a monthly charity, check your package for this months charity. Reuse-Recycle-Rebook!

Inscribed on half title by the author "to John and Gudrun with best wishes of." 352 pages, written by the Fellow Librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Very good hardcover in near fine dust jacket. First edition.

Phaidon Press Ltd, 2001. First Edition. fine/fine. fine book & fine dw large book UK sale only 1st Phaidon Press 2001 edition hardcover , In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Presents a history of the Bible, covering such topics as Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts, the Vulgate, Bibles of the Middle Ages, the Gutenberg Bible, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

London, Phaidon Press Limited. 2001. 352 p. Paperback, in good condition

Phaidon, 2001. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Scarcely used. Focuses on the history of the book rather than its contents.

Phaidon Press, 2001-09-25. hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

Phaidon Press, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. inc. photos, index, minimal shelf wear, dust jacket not price clipped, in protective cover, a very nice copy Size: Octavo. 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Books on Books; History; World; Religious; ISBN: 0714837741. ISBN/EAN: 9780714837741. Library of Congress No: 2002265169. Dewey Code: 220/.09. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 101395. . 9780714837741 This book is extra heavy, and will involve extra shipping charges outside of Australia. .

Phaidon Press, 2001 4to (25.5 cm), 352 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket (corners little scuffed, bookplate mounted on front pastdown). "A narrative account of the Bible as a book and as an artefact, from the earliest fragments found in the Egyptian desert to the plethora of modern editions and translations. The author seeks to write as an impartial historian and bases his account on documentary evidence, focusing on the manufacture, translation and distribution of Bibles in an extraordinary variety of forms throughout nearly two millennia. The first chapter deals with the achievement of Saint Jerome, whose Latin translation - the Vulgate - first gave the Bible the definitive form it has retained ever since. Chapter Two then looks back to the separate history of the Bible in its original languages of Hebrew and Greek, after which the narrative returns to document the gradual triumph of the Latin Vulgate, the magnificent giant Bibles of the early Middle Ages, the Bible with its monastic… Read More