Author: Margaret Gibson Title: Liverpool Ivories: Late Antique and Early Medieval Ivories from the Mayer Collection in the Merseyside County Museums
Description: Liverpool, Merseyside County Council, Merseyside County Museum, 1983. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce booklet containing twelve slides in colour illustrative of the medieval ivories from the Mayer collection in the Merseyside Museum. A very scarce short catalogue of the late antique and early medieval ivories in the collection at the Merseyside County Museums, established by Joseph Mayer by 1867. This collection is known as one of the most important in the UK, historically representative of the Late Antique, Early Medieval, Byzantine, and Romanesque periods in Europe. This booklet contains a series of twelve slides in colour inserted to pockets bound in with the volume. Collated, complete. Each with a commentary by Margaret Gibson, Department of History at the University of Liverpool.This booklet is held in only three institutional libraries. In the original publisher's wraps. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .
Keywords: first editions very scarce slides ivories very scarce Not Stated
Price: GBP 55.00 = appr. US$ 78.54 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 826A41
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