Illuminated Manuscripts in Oxford College Libraries, the University Archives, and the Taylor Institution Tapa dura - 1986

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x1x11. Bottom corner of front board a little bumped. Fading to D/J spine and edges with rubbing to edges of D/J and several very small closed tears. Small pen mark to front D/J.

, , [first edition, 1985Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1985. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. xv,142 pp,lxxi pp of plates. From the blurb - "This book is a catalogue of illuminated manuscripts in Oxford College Libraries. Manuscripts are listed by school and date and the more important are illustrated. The collections began to be formed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and their purpose was as libraries of study books for the Fellows. Though many manuscripts were discarded in the sixteenth century, the collections continued to grow in the seventeenth century and later, and many of the most famous illuminated manuscripts were given then, such as the Life of St Cuthbert in University College, the Amesbury Psalter in All Souls, and the Bohun Psalter in Exeter College. Though these are, of course, well known, many other important manuscripts are here reproduced and made known for the first time. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, Very Good in used and… Leer más

Fairlawn, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Clarendon Press, 1986. 142 pages, with list of illustrations and plates. The dust jacket has some light tears to it. The dust jacket is wrapped in a protective cover. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.