The Visconti Hours
by Meiss, Millard and Edith W. Kirsch
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0807606510
- ISBN 13
- 9780807606513
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George Braziller, 1972. Full Leather. Fine. Large, heavy book, shiny dark blue cloth with very bright gilt design on front, gilt lettering and line design with ornate gilt design bright on spine, pale yellow inside covers and adjacent end papers, 262 heavy photo paper pages, stunning full-color facsimile pages from the illuminated manuscript. In a sturdy black slipcase with vellum background on two sides, dark blue lettering with gilt and blue design. Book and slipcase, both Very Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31945
- Title
- The Visconti Hours
- Author
- Meiss, Millard and Edith W. Kirsch
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0807606510
- ISBN 13
- 9780807606513
- Publisher
- George Braziller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Illuminated Manuscript Art Books on Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Facsimile; Books About Books;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...