Author: HASSALL (W. O.)
Title: The Holkham Bible Picture Book.
Description: London: The Dropmore Press, 1954. Small folio, vii, [3], 191, [3]pp., 84 plates (8 coloured), cont. red half morocco over decorated vellum boards, five raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, a nice copy. Complete reproduction in facsimile of the 14th century MS with its important corpus of illustrations of English medieval life, formerly owned by the Earl of Leicester and now in the British Library. The facsimile, printed on hand made paper by O.U.P., was originally intended for publication by the Roxburghe Club.

Keywords: BIBLES DROPMORE PRESS ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS PRIVATE PRESSES NORFOLK