Hardback in white cloth with inset red cloth panel with blindstamped pictorial decoration and gilt borders. Titles and decoration in gilt to front cover and spine. Pictorial dutsjacket. 356pp including index. Illustrated in black and white. A very good copy in a very good dustjacket. Heavy book - please contact us for postage cost.

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Title

Scribes, Script and Books

Publisher

American Library Association / the British Library, Chicago / London

Publication Date

1991

Language

English

ISBN 10

0838905226

ISBN 13

9780838905227

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Malla Carl and Noah Ophir

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Co-published with the British Library, this text examines the origins of the book, the book in the ancient world, the development of scripts and styles of illumination, and the making of manuscripts through the centuries.

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