Author: MACLAGAN, D.,
Title: The Bayeux Tapestry. [Reprinted with revised colour plates].
Description: Harmondsworth, Middx., Penguin Books, 1953. Small 8°., orig. pictorial coloured boards. 27pp. of introduction. Num. ills. on 24 plates out-of-text, of which 4 coloured, sketch-map on ti.-p., table of inscriptions on the tapestry as they appear on the plates, concise bibliography, acknowledgements and list of illustrations on [5]pp. at end. [The King Penguin Books, 10]. A concise but well documented and illustrated publication on this famous medieval french Wall-hanging. Good copy. (original spine gone, skulfully replaced).

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