The Plan of St. Gall: A Study of the Architecture and Economy of, and Life in a Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery [3 vol. in slipcase]
by Horn, Walter; and Ernest Born
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0520035909
- ISBN 13
- 9780520035904
- Seller
-
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, folio, hardcover in cloth. Vol. I (ISBN 0520035909): xxviii, 356 pp., illus. + 1 folding plate; Vol. II (ISBN 0520035917): xii, 359 pp., illus.; Vol. III (ISBN 0520035925): xxxii, 267 pp., illus. with corrigenda and errata addendum sheet loosely inserted. With a foreword by Wolfgang Braunfels, a translation into English by Charles W. Jones of the Directives of Adalhard, 753-826, the Ninth Abbot of Corbie, and with a note by A. Hunter Dupree on the Significance of the Plan of St. Gall to the History of Measurement. Bound in cream coloured linen cloth with red leather spine labels. A few corners lightly bumped, some soiling to front panel of Vol. I, some wear to spines, lettering on spine label of Vol. II is faded. Housed in three separate chemises within cloth covered slipcase. Scattered minor flaws including small tears to inside lining of slipcase and a few stains on the exterior. A substantial set weighing in at 38 pounds, which will incur extra shipping charges..
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- Bookseller
- Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB] (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003806
- Title
- The Plan of St. Gall: A Study of the Architecture and Economy of, and Life in a Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery [3 vol. in slipcase]
- Author
- Horn, Walter; and Ernest Born
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520035909
- ISBN 13
- 9780520035904
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- architecture, religion
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About the Seller
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
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Kingston, Ontario
About Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller specializes in illustrated books from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Particular interests include natural history, French Modernism, Japanese craft and aesthetics, early anatomy books, fine press and bindings.
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