Codex 2400 and its Miniatures
by Willoughby, Harold R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago: Art Bulletin. Good with no dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st Thus. 74 pp. Double page color plates and 74 figures. This is the article from the Art Bulletin, without a title page or other descriptive help, handsomely library bound with marbled boards and 3/4 cloth with gilt to the spine. Bit of rubbing, old library label to bottom front, interior has normal library markings, otherwise clean and nice. The miniatures of the Rockefeller McCormick manuscript (Codex 2400) , a complete Byzantine New Testament, including a full color double page spread. Very nice. ; Ex-Library; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; 74 pages .
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Details
- Seller
- Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005092
- Title
- Codex 2400 and its Miniatures
- Author
- Willoughby, Harold R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Art Bulletin
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Byzantine, New, Testament, Bible, Rockefeller, Mccormick, Manuscript
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture & Design; Byzantine Studies; Religion - Bible Study;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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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...
- Folio
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Rubbing
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- Marbled boards
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- Cloth
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- New
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- 1st Thus
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