Walter oakeshott editor (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Ex library hardback with original boards, no DJ; usual stamps/markings. Published in 1959 by Faber & Faber, London. Boards are a little worn otherwise a clean, sound copy. All 8 coloured tipped in plates intact & free from stamps. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 46C*.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. An exploration of the Lambeth Bible through the lens of midâ'20thâ'century scholarship, accompanied by faithful colour plate facsimiles of the original art. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.This is a first edition, This is a vibrant volume in The Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts series. The Lambeth Bible can be found in Lambeth Palace Library MS. 3. This bible (circa 11501170) is stated in the introduction to be one of the most acknowledged masterpieces from Romanesque England which "represents so completely the assimilation to English tastes and traditions of a style that is ultimately Byzantine."This edition includes eight colour plates reproducing key illuminations from the 12thâ'century Lambeth Bible, accompanied by scholarly notes and observations on their style, iconography, provenance, and artistic significance. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd faint handling mark to boards. The odd spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Various (illustrator). book.…