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The Holkam Bible Picture Book. Introduction and Commentary by W.O. Hassall. [Foreword by the Earl of Leicester]

(Bible)

  • Publisher: The Dropmore Press
  • Published: 1954 , London
  • Condition: Fine
London: The Dropmore Press, 1954. First trade edition, preceded by 100 numbered copies. 84 collotype plates (8 colored). vii, [3], 191, [3] pp. Printed in 14 point Monotype Walbaum on Arnold & Foster mould-made vellum, by Oxford University Press. With prospectus. 1 vols. Small Folio. Half red niger morocco and blindstamped parchement covers. Fine. First trade edition, preceded by 100 numbered copies. 84 collotype plates (8 colored). vii, [3], 191, [3] pp. Printed in 14 point Monotype Walbaum on Arnold & Foster mould-made vellum, by Oxford University Press. With prospectus. 1 vols. Small Folio. Complete facsimile of a c. 1325 "Bible En Image" with 235 picture stories, prepared for a 14th century block-book. Inscribed and with an ALS from Hassall to A.H. Carder, one of the printers of the book.

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