Overlooking the ages: A private exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, miniatures, and printed books. [By] Dr Jörn Günther, Antiquariat . . . & Bruce P. Ferrini, . . . October 1999
by Günther (Dr Jörn), Antiquariat
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Hamburg, 1999 ¶ Illustrations of twenty-nine manuscripts and miniatures ca 800 - 1560, together with nine printed books 1454/5 - 1552 and three arctic gouaches 1804; including an unrecorded bifolium from one of the oldest extant French manuscripts ca 800, an Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César ca 1370-80, a magnificent Italian Pliny 1446 with zoomorphic initials, an illuminated Gaston Phébus ca 1475, the Rendsburg fragment (130 leaves) of the Gutenberg Bible, and a colored Theurdank 1519; ex Ashburnham, Murray, Holford, Perrins, Beatty, Abbey, Esmerian, Ludwig, Schøyen, etc. ||| Collation: 335 x 240 mm: Twenty-two leaves, paginated [1-44] (ie, not paginated). Illustration: Forty full-page color facsimiles, eight smaller. Binding: Color-pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine. .
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- Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts (US)
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- Title
- Overlooking the ages: A private exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, miniatures, and printed books. [By] Dr Jörn Günther, Antiquariat . . . & Bruce P. Ferrini, . . . October 1999
- Author
- Günther (Dr Jörn), Antiquariat
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Place of Publication
- Hamburg
- Date Published
- 1999
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- Günther Guenther Gunther Dr Jörn Joern Jorn Antiquariat Overlooking the ages A private exhibition of illuminated manuscripts miniatures and printed books Bruce P Ferrini Akron Ohio October 1999 Hamburg 1999 manuscript manuscripts Lat
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...