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The Illuminated Manuscript
by Backhouse, Janet
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0714819697
- ISBN 13
- 9780714819693
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. list of plates, select bibliography. The text is illustrated with numerous colour and black-and-white photographic reproductions of illuminated manuscripts illustrations. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A look at the art of illuminated manuscripts from the seventh century to just on the cusp of the Renaissance. "They are vital witnesses to the development of European art, but they were always conceived as book illustrations and always intimately connected with a text."  From the front fold over panel blurb. Softening of the backstrip and bumping of the book corners. Previous owners details to the lower right-hand corner of the free front endpaper. Minor rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. (3), 4-80 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; illuminated manuscripts; Art & Design. ISBN: 0714819697. ISBN/EAN: 9780714819693. Inventory No: 0113093. . 9780714819693
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0113093
- Title
- The Illuminated Manuscript
- Author
- Backhouse, Janet
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0714819697
- ISBN 13
- 9780714819693
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Illuminated manuscripts, history, art, mediaeval Books on Books; illuminated manuscripts; Art & Design. Illustrated Unbranded ISBN: 0714819697 EAN: 9780714819693 Backhouse, Janet The Illuminated Manuscript
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...