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Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta: A Sixteenth-century Calligraphic Manuscript inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel
by Hendrix, Lee; Vignau-Wilberg, Thea. Joris Hoefnagel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Slipcase
- ISBN 10
- 089236212X
- ISBN 13
- 9780892362127
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1992. First edition thus [1992]. Stunningly illustrated facsimile of the original illuminated manuscript - a lovely combination of art and calligraphy - with introduction and commentary. Light brown cloth lettered in gilt, 7.5" x 5.5", 412 pages (including 170 color plates), matching light brown cloth slipcase. Some light spots to front cover of the book, otherwise about fine condition with good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, address label in the shape of a black cat at the upper corner of the front free endpaper, no other names or markings. The slipcase is also in very good condition with a few light spots to the spine, structurally sound.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Slipcase. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047499
- Title
- Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta: A Sixteenth-century Calligraphic Manuscript inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel
- Author
- Hendrix, Lee; Vignau-Wilberg, Thea. Joris Hoefnagel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 089236212X
- ISBN 13
- 9780892362127
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts; Books, Paper, Printing, Publishing, Typography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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