Item description (31 cm), 247 pp., illustrations (most in colour). Publisherâs cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - Catalogue of an exhibition drawing on some 1300 manuscripts and books acquired by the French kings between 1515 and 1565. Each entry gives first a brief description of the binding, followed by the bibliographical identification of the manuscript or book, shelfmark, technical binding details, measurements, spine lettering, and provenance details, followed by a very full commentary on the binding. âA majo
(31 cm), 247 pp., illustrations (most in colour). Publisherâs cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - Catalogue of an exhibition drawing on some 1300 manuscripts and books acquired by the French kings between 1515 and 1565. Each entry gives first a brief description of the binding, followed by the bibliographical identification of the manuscript or book, shelfmark, technical binding details, measurements, spine lettering, and provenance details, followed by a very full commentary on the binding. âA major contribution to binding studies on which both the authors and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France are to be congratulatedâ (from a review by Giles Barber, in The Library, volume 1, 2000, pp.448-450). Âś Excellent, unmarked copy.
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