Italian Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library

Meta Harrsen; George K. Boyce; Bernard Berenson (introd.)

Published by The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1953

About this Item

xii, 79 pp. + 78 plates (including 6 tipped-in color plates), collotype plates printed by Meriden Gravure Co.; small folio, green cloth over boards, gilt decoration on front cover from the Missal for Seitenstetten; gilt title on red background label stamped on spine; slipcase with printed title label. Subtitle: Descriptive Survey of the principal Illuminated Manuscripts of the Sixth to Sixteenth Centuries, with a selection of important Letters and Documents. A total of 125 items are included, many with detailed scholarly descriptions. Printed on Curtis Rag paper and designed at Joseph Blumenthal's Spiral Press. No. 615 of 750 copies. An AIGA 50 Books of the Year (1954). A fine copy; some edgewear, to slipcase. Cronenwett 269. Seller Inventory # 1517

Bibliographic Details

Title: Italian Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan ...

Publisher: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine