BARBOUR, JAMES AND TOM QUIRK, ED.

Biographies of Books the Compositional Histories of Notable American Writings

Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1996. Hardcover. ISBN: 0826210449. Book is still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Includes essays by: Howard G. Baetzhold, John W. Crowley, James Nagel etc. 1996 printing. ; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2; 334 pages. New in New dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0826210449 James Barbour; Tom Quirk; Literature; American Authors; American Writers; Fiction; Howard G. Baetzhold; John W. Crowley; Robert Demott; Literature/Poetry/Classics Fiction Cultural History Education American History

VORONOVA, TAMARA AND ANDREI STERLIGOV

Western European Illuminated Manuscripts 8th to 16th Centuries [2003 Edition]

London: Sirrocco/Greenwich Editions, 2003. First English Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0862885841. Hardcover is glazed boards. DJ is in mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Lavishly illustrated with 371 color illuminations, spanning eight centuries. "This book presents a collection which was started during the French Revolution...by Peter Dubrowsky, a bibliophile who was able to purchase manuscripts, incunabula and books from France. It includes missals and sacred texts....a magnificent series of royal and princely manuscripts, originally in the possession of Jean de Berry and Francis I....with illuminations include Bibles, books of hours, and other religious texts, as well as chronicles, herbals, and even works of fiction and poetry. Detailed annotations and explanations give the provenance of each work". Chapters are: Introduction; France; Spain; England; Germany; Italy; The Netherlands; bibliography. ISBN in book is 0862885841. Very oversized, 6#. ; Color Illustrations; 9 1/2 x 13; folio; 255 pages. New in New dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0862885841 0862885841; Art; Artists; Artisans; Illuminated Manuscripts; Manuscripts; Book Arts; Medieval Arts; Religious Art; Literature/Poetry/Classics Cultural History Education European History History Art Geography English/British History Antiques/Col

VORONOVA, TAMARA AND ANDREI STERLIGOV

Western European Illuminated Manuscripts 8th to 16th Centuries [2003 Edition]

London: Sirrocco/Greenwich Editions, 2003. First English Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0862885841. Hardcover is glazed boards. DJ is in mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Lavishly illustrated with 371 color illuminations, spanning eight centuries. "This book presents a collection which was started during the French Revolution...by Peter Dubrowsky, a bibliophile who was able to purchase manuscripts, incunabula and books from France. It includes missals and sacred texts....a magnificent series of royal and princely manuscripts, originally in the possession of Jean de Berry and Francis I....with illuminations include Bibles, books of hours, and other religious texts, as well as chronicles, herbals, and even works of fiction and poetry. Detailed annotations and explanations give the provenance of each work". Chapters are: Introduction; France; Spain; England; Germany; Italy; The Netherlands; bibliography. ISBN in book is 0862885841. Very oversized, 6#. ; Color Illustrations; 9 1/2 x 13; folio; 255 pages. New in New dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0862885841 0862885841; Art; Artists; Artisans; Illuminated Manuscripts; Manuscripts; Book Arts; Medieval Arts; Religious Art; Literature/Poetry/Classics Cultural History Education European History History Art English/British History Antiques/Collectibles