The Bayeux Tapestry
by Wilson, David M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0394547934
- ISBN 13
- 9780394547930
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Carboard slipcase covered in grey cloth; Color plate affixed to one side, gilt decoration on the other; Grey cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; Gilt decoration and titling to front cover; 234 pp.; 42 bw figures; 73 color plates. Foreword by Jean Le Carpentier; Introduction, "A Work of Art and An Historical Document," by David M. Wilson; Commentary (also by Wilson) divided into five parts: The Inscriptions; The Commentary; The Story Told in the Tapestry; Style, Art and Form; and Buildings, Dress and Objects; Beautiful plates; Oversized.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121746
- Title
- The Bayeux Tapestry
- Author
- Wilson, David M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394547934
- ISBN 13
- 9780394547930
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- European Decorative Arts ; Bayeux Tapestry ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...