Die Kunst der Buchmalerei. Eine Anthologie illuminierter Handschriften vom 6. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert. by D'ANCONA, P. & E. AESCHLIMANN

London: Phaidon, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth gilt, DW, 4to., 235 pages, 121 monochrome, 24 tipped-in color plates. Name ar flyleaf, wear to bottom edge of boards, else a very good copy in a very lightly soiled DW, in archival mylar. Additional shipping may be required.

London: Phaidon, 1969. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 235pp. Very good hardback in a price clipped, lightly rubbed jacket.

London: Phaidon Press, 1969. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, 1969. Quarto, hardcover in dust jacket, heavily illustrated (including some tipped-in color plates), 235 pp., Near Fine copy in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, owner's signature on the front flyleaf, light rubbing to the edges of the book's covers, soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, rubbing and edgewear to the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.

London: Phaidon, 1969. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 145 illustrations, including 24 in color. 235 pages. Large 4to, blue gilt-stamped cloth, d.w. (London: Phaidon Press, 1969). Near fine in near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

London: Phaidon, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. royal blue illustrated cloth. Very good in fine dust wrapper. 235 pages. 30 x 23 cm.Translated from the Italian by Alison M.Brown. With additional notes on the plates by M. Alison Stones. 145 plates with twenty-four in full-color. Notes on the Plates. Bibliography. List of Collections. A concise and informative survey of the history of miniature painting, tracing the development of the different schools and analysing briefly their stylistic features. Two tiny dings at upper and lower extremities.

Hardcover. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] London: Phaidon Press, 1969. Tall hardcover in blue gilt-stamped cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 235 pages with 145 illustrations, including 24 tipped-in color plates. Owner name on front blank page, else very good overall condition; NOT EX-LIBRARY. (shelf4)

Phaidon Press Ltd, London, first edition, 1969. Cloth, gilt cover device, folio,. 235 pp, including 145 ills (24 in colour). . Rosenblum: "A beautifully illustrated survey of illuminated manuscripts from late classical antiquity to the Renaissance. The volume begins with a quick overview of the period, referring the reader to specific plates. These 145 full-page reproductions are followed by notes discussing the manuscripts and the specific examples depicted. Includes bibliographic references. Connoisseur regarded this volume as 'a thoroughly useful and sensibly arranged introduction to the subject' ". The illustrations include not only pages from many great and familiar Bibles, l'salters, Gospel Books and Books of Hours, but also less well-known illustrations which are often profoundly imaginative and pictorially exciting. The choice of plates extends from the graceful early Byzantine illustrations and the more monumental Carolingian folios, to the late and ornate pages… Read More

Phaidon Press Ltd. Very Good. 0714813508. with dustjacket, 1969, bright clean copy, Professional bookseller since 1981 . 1969. Hardcover.

London: Phaidon, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Another Edition. 310mm Tall, Folio. 145 plates, 24 in colour, with notes for each one in following section. 235 pages. Dust jacket a little discoloured and with creases and wear to edges. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

London: Phaidon, 1969. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 12" by 9.5". Not Stated. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this comprehensive study of artwork from the sixth to the sixteenth century. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-four tipped in colour plates, and one hundred and forty-five full-page and in-text illustrations. Collated complete. A detailed study into the development of European miniature paintings, with reference to the illumination of manuscripts. Includes pages from gospel books, books of hours, early Byzantine illustrations and Carolingian folios. Written by Piero D'Ancona and Carlos E. Aeschlimann. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine