francis wormald wright (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. The Athlone Press, University of London, 1958. First edition. Hardcover with patterned cream-and-burgundy decorative dust jacket. A collection of scholarly studies on the history of English libraries before 1700, edited by Francis Wormald (Professor of Palaeography in the University of London) and C. E. Wright (Deputy Keeper, Department of Manuscripts, British Museum). Topics span monastic, cathedral, royal, university, and private libraries of the medieval and early modern period, drawing on palaeographic and bibliographic evidence from surviving manuscripts and catalogues. Distributed by Constable & Co Ltd (London); North American distribution by University of Toronto Press (Canada) and Oxford University Press / Essential Books Division (USA). Printed in Great Britain by Western Printing Services Ltd, Bristol. Boards clean, binding tight. Dust jacket present with some shelf wear at edges; light spotting. Text block clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. xi, 273 pp. plus 23 plates; 8vo, red cloth, gilt spine title, dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate. A fine, well-preserved copy of both the book and dustjacket.

Hardcover. Ex-lib, fep clipped, a little rubbing to title on spine, o/wise good condition (no markings to text). No dj. Frontis. B/W plates. Scarce. Includes essays on The Monastic Library, The Universities and the Mediaeval Library, The Preservation of the Classics, The Dispersal of the Libraries in the 16th century etc. 273pp. 48838.

8vo. XI, 273 S. Mit zahlr. Abb. Olwd. mit OU. 0,900 gr.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. WORMALD, Francis, and C. E. WRIGHT. The English Library before 1700 London, The Athlone Press, 1958. 8vo, pp. xi, 273, with frontispiece plate. Publisher s cloth, gilt title on painted label to spine. Original dust jacket. A good copy.