£220
BOOKBINDERS COPY - The Holkam Bible, Folio Society, 2007, limited to 1750 editions, with companion commentary,
2 vols., 4to., First Edition thus, with fine coloured plates; facsimile volume handsomely bound in half morocco, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, companion volume bound in cloth, leather back, the two volumes housed in publisher's clamshell case.
Acquired by the British Library in 1952, this world-famous manuscript was held previously at Holkham Hall, Norfolk (Holkham MS 666). It consists of 231 images mainly of episodes in the books of Genesis and Revelation, and is believed to have been produced in London between 1327-40. The superb facsimile is accompanied by a companion volume providing historical context, commentary and a bibliography, with Instructions for care laid in the facsimile volume.
Pristine, as new
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