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A Medieval Mirror Speculum Humanae Salvationis 1324-1500
by Wilson, Adrian & Wilson, Joyce Lancaster
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New in As New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0520051947
- ISBN 13
- 9780520051942
- Seller
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Washburn, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1984. Hardcover. As New in As New dust jacket. ...occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts, in blockbooks, and in sixteen later incunabula. Its popularity was so great that more than 350 manuscripts, nearly all with miniatures, have survived. ......The authors' explication of the methods and types used by the Dutch printer of the blockbook editions reflects the intensive research of typographic scholars in this century and is of unique value in the history of printing." Dust jacket price clipped; dust jacket now in mylar protector. 227 pages; 9 3/4 x 13 3/4
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- Bookseller
- Chequamegon Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29946
- Title
- A Medieval Mirror Speculum Humanae Salvationis 1324-1500
- Author
- Wilson, Adrian & Wilson, Joyce Lancaster
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New in As New dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0520051947
- ISBN 13
- 9780520051942
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley CA
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Middle Ages, Medieval, Manuscript, Illuminated Books, Old Testament, Gospels, Iconography, Printing, Books About Books
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About the Seller
Chequamegon Book Company
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Incunabula
- Incunabula (incunable or incunabulum) refers to a book printed before 1501 - a pamphlet, a book or document that was not...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...