The Holkham Bible - FS limited ed. facsimile
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Title: The Holkham Bible
Place Published: London
Publisher:Folio Society
Date Published: 2007
Description:
Author:
Title: The Holkham Bible
Place Published: London
Publisher:Folio Society
Date Published: 2007
Description:
2 volumes in publisher's cloth-covered clamshell box with gilt-ruled goatskin spine label ornamentally stamped in gilt and red. Includes:
Facsimile of the Holkham Bible. Color illustrations throughout. 28.5x21 cm (11¼x8¼"), bound by Smith Settle in blue Nigerian half-goatskin and cloth-covered boards with elaborately stamped cover label in gilt red and lighter blue, gilt-stamped spine with figures designed by David Eccles, all edges gilt. No. 1682 of 1750 copies from a total edition of 1775.
Commentary volume by Michelle P. Brown. Cloth-backed boards with paper cover label, spine lettered in gilt.
A handsome Folio Society limited edition facsimile of the early 14th century "Holkham Bible Picture Book" or British Library, Additional MS 47682. It reproduces the 231 "images recounting episodes from the Book of Genesis, the Gospels and the Book of Revelation/Apocalypse, accompanied not by the full scriptural text or an exegetical commentary, but by summary captions in Anglo-Norman French, partly in verse and the rest in prose." - Michelle P. Brown.
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A few minor bumps to clamshell box, else fine.
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The Holkham Bible - FS limited ed. facsimile
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