Celtic and Anglo-Saxon painting : book illumination in the British Isles, 600-800 / Carl Nordenfalk
London : Chatto and Windus, 1977. First Edition. Very good copy, finely bound in bespoke full yellow leather (1978) from the original 1977 paperback edition. Features a leather onlay and blind tooling (in reference to plate 10), with its own endpapers. The leather shows some light scuffing; the interior remains tight, bright, and clean. A unique and very well-preserved example. Item #453235
ISBN: 0701122420
Physical description; 126 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Contents; Hiberno-Saxon book illumination; Durham Gospel; Book of Durrow; Gospels of Saint Willibrord; Lindisfarne Gospel, Lindisfarne Gospels; Gospels of St. Chad [Cedda]; Durham Cassiodorus; Trier Gospels; Canterbury Psalter; Canterbury Codex Aureus; Book of Kells; Book of Mulling. Subjects; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Celtic. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Great Britain.
Price: €295.00