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The Written Word: Inscriptions, Texts and Illuminated Manuscripts from 3200 B.C. to the Invention of Printing in the XVth Century

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The Written Word: Inscriptions, Texts and Illuminated Manuscripts from 3200 B.C. to the Invention of Printing in the XVth Century

by PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY

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New York: The Pierpoint Morgan Library, 1945. First edition. Very good. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, front cover with color illustration mounted (a few nicks at edges). FIRST EDITION. This exhibition was held 14 December 1944 to 14 April 1945. It commenced with examples of Mesopotamian seals and clay tables and concluded with 41 manuscripts from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.

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Title
The Written Word: Inscriptions, Texts and Illuminated Manuscripts from 3200 B.C. to the Invention of Printing in the XVth Century
Author
PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
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Used - Very good
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First edition
Publisher
The Pierpoint Morgan Library
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1945
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Illuminated Manuscripts;

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