Scribes, Script and Books: the book arts from antiquity to the Renaissance

Avrin (Leila)

Published by 4to, xxxii, 356 pages, illustrations, maps, 29 cm, American Library Association, Chicago, & The British Library, London, 1991.

About this Item

Grey cloth, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, upper board inlaid with a blind decorated leather panel. Pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy with a text synopsis loosely inserted. Writing; The alphabet; The book in the ancient world; Mesopotamia; The Egyptian book; The Hebrew book; The Greek and Hellenistic book; The Roman book; Latin script; Codices manu scripti : books written by hand; Manuscript illumination; The Islamic book; Papermaking; Bookbinding; On the eve of printing.

Seller Inventory # 17546

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scribes, Script and Books: the book arts from antiquity to the Renaissance
• Publisher: 4to, xxxii, 356 pages, illustrations, maps, 29 cm, American Library Association, Chicago, & The British Library, London, 1991.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 1.25 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Calligraphy & lettering