Published by Studio Editions, London, 1986
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
4to, pp. 138. Described by Edward Sullivan, iwith additional commentary by Johan Adolf Bruun. With 24 color plates. A nice copy in somewhat scuffed dj. A facsimile reprint of the 1920 second edition.
Published by London. 1986 Studio Editions facsimile reprint of the 1920 edition with additional material taken from An "Enquiry Into The Art Of The Illuminated Manuscripts Of The Middle Ages"., 1986
ISBN 10: 1851700358 ISBN 13: 9781851700356
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
large black full cloth hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 8.5"x11"). large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. minor rubbing, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing (nap) of this facsimile reprint edition (with additional material added). decorative title pg. 138p. 24 glossy full page full color plates from Book Of Kells. medieval literature. art history. medieval history. history of christianity. history of ireland. ~ One of the most splendid, beautifully illustrated books of the Middle Ages, The Book of Kells has fascinated generations of artists and historians. As Sir Edward Sullivan wrote in his Introduction, "Its weird and commanding beauty; its subdued and goldless colouring, the baffling intricacy of its fearless designs; the clean, unwavering sweep of rounded spiral; the creeping undulations of serpentine forms that writhe in artistic profusion throughout the mazes of its decorations. the quaintness of its striking portraiture, have raised this ancient Irish volume to a position of abiding pre~eminence amongst the illuminated manuscripts of the world." In this famous commentary, Sullivan traces the historical background and origins of the manuscript and places it as a ninth century manuscript, of a later date than the Book of Lindisfarne. Popular legend, however, has it that The Book of Kells was produced by St Columba and the monks of the monastery of Kells about the middle of the sixth century AD. Certainly, the manuscript survived many vicissitudes: the Abbey of Kells was sacked and pillaged during the tenth century; thieves sought its gold~studded cover. It was in the possession of the monastery at Kells at the time of its dissolution under Henry VIII on 18th November 1539, and was latterly acquired by Bishop Ussher, who was employed by King James I to collect antiquities relating to the Church. Five years after Ussher's death in 1661, it was transferred to Trinity College, Dublin, where it still resides. The manuscript was mutilated by an eighteenth century bookbinder, but in its present form consists of 339 pages measuring 13 x 9½ inches. The late Sir Edward Sullivan, an outstanding authority, made an exhaustive study of this magnificent example of early Celtic art especially for The Studio; his historical survey and notes on the pages form the introduction to the reproductions in full colour of twenty of the most beautiful pages, and the four plates of initial letters. To complement Sullivan's text and these illustrations, this edition also includes an historical analysis of Celtic illuminated manuscripts by Johan Adolf Bruun.
Published by Thames and Hudon
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (Art, Celtic art, Calendars, History. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Celtic) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Seller: Schindler-Graf Booksellers, Westlake, OH, U.S.A.
Condition: Like New. Glossy softcover facsimile edition of this Medieval Irish manuscript. 95 pages, illustrated richly in full color, in thorough detail. No marks or flaws. Condition: Unread and like new.
Published by Crescent Books, New York, 1986
ISBN 10: 0517619873 ISBN 13: 9780517619872
Seller: Brillig's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint Edition. Pp: xiv + 48 + plates + 101-138. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ colour & b/w plates: facsimile docs. & designs. Black cloth bds. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Facsimile reprint of the 1920 second edition, with additional commentary from An Enquiry into the Art of the Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages by Johan Adolf Bruun. Includes notes. A splendid introduction to this medieval Irish masterpiece. A clean unmarked copy.
Published by Fine Art Facsimile Publishers of Switzerland; Faksimile-Verlag Luzern
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Fine copy in original plastic case. VIDEO CASSETTE. Physical description; 1 videocassette: analogue ; 1/2 in. Notes; No date given. Summary; A recreation of the Book of Kells. Subjects; Crefydd ("The Book of Kells"). Religion ("The Book of Kells"). Genre; Videorecording. 1 Kg.
Published by Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009
ISBN 10: 1120730155 ISBN 13: 9781120730152
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Published by Fine Art Facsimile Publishers of Switzerland; Faksimile-Verlag Luzern
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Fine copy in original plastic case. VIDEO CASSETTE. Physical description; 1 videocassette: analogue ; 1/2 in. Notes; No date given. Summary; A recreation of the Book of Kells. Subjects; Crefydd ("The Book of Kells"). Religion ("The Book of Kells"). Genre; Videorecording. 1 Kg.
Published by Bern: Urs Graf-Verlag, 1950
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 3 pages ; 2 facsimile pages. Notes; No clear publication date given. Subjects The Book of Kells. Urs. Graf - Verlag. 1 Kg.
Published by Trinity College Dublin and Fine Art Publishers of Switzerland, Dublin and Lucerne, 1990
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First & Only Edition. Pp. 13. Full colour illustrations. With three coloured facsimile illustrated plates from the Book of Kells.Each tipped in on board. Each with protective transparent guards. All in protective folder with blue title. Light external stains to covers of folder. Prospectus and plates almost fine. Very good overall. Rare.
Published by Bern: Urs Graf-Verlag, 1950
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 3 pages ; 2 facsimile pages. Notes; No clear publication date given. Subjects The Book of Kells. Urs. Graf - Verlag. 1 Kg.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1974
ISBN 10: 039449475X ISBN 13: 9780394494753
Condition: Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. 1st American edition. Folio hardcover. 226pp. Illustrations, facsimile. Very Good book. Good slipcase. Cloth peeling away from slipcase panels. Fading to spine. (Illuminated Books, Celtic) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Published by London, Paris, New York, "The Studio" Ltd., 1914., 1914
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Folio (ca. 253 x 335 mm). V, (1), 34 pp. With 24 numbered coloured plates. Contemporary printed boards. The first coloured facsimile edition of the Book of Kells, one of the most famous medieval manuscripts and an exceptional example of insular illumination from the early 9th century, by the lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Sullivan (1882-85). Apart from a scholarly description of the manuscript, 24 pages of the Book of Kells were reproduced as facsimiles by the means of polychromatic photography and colour-printing, showing some of its most splendidly illuminated parts. From the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel, with his stamped ownership to the pastedown.
Published by Uitgeveverij Het Spectrum Utrecht/Antwerpen, 1970
ISBN 10: 9027482780 ISBN 13: 9789027482785
Seller: Leopolis, Kraków, Poland
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 4to (34.5 cm), 229 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine and gilt front cover. In cloth slip-case with pasted on reproduction from the text. A facsimile edition of the Book of Kells with 126 full page color illustrations. Introduction and commentaries in Dutch.
Published by Faksimile Verlag Luzern
Seller: Verlag Heyn, Klagenfurt, AUT, Austria
Art / Print / Poster
Softcover. Condition: Wie neu. Erste und einmalige Faksimile-Edition. Das Book of Kells - einer der größten Schätze mittelalterlichen Kunstschaffens. Die Mappe führt durch dieses unschätzbare Kunstwerk: 15 Seiten begleitender Text mit zahlreichen Farbbildern und 3 faksimilierte Blätter. 44,5 x 31,5.
Seller: Antiquarianbooksellers GEMILANG, Bredevoort, Netherlands
First Edition
Utrecht-Antwerpen, Het Spectrum, 1975. Small stout folio. Original publ. cloth. Gilded large circular crest tooled on front cover, bold gilded capital type title on spine. Hftitle (verso blank). 229pp. of dutch language text, including descriptions to plates. 126 fine multi-coloured plates75 monochrome illustrations, all splendid authentic facsoms. after the original illuminations, descriptive commentary and explanations, appendices I-II, index, colophon. Magnifiscent and ample illustrated copy of the first dutch edition of the authentic facsim. taken from the famous Book of Kells. Vood to very good copy, NO dustjacket. \hard-to-find. (Unfortunately there is a large waterstain alongside front outer joint and at top of lower outer joint. Contets crisp and clean).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1974
Seller: Addison Publications, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. John Kennedy (illustrator). Limited Edition. Knopf 1974. 8th Century Book of Kells - one of the most valuable manuscripts from the Middle Ages. The original is kept in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. Contains 93 full pages and 6 half pages, 30 plates enlarging illustrations and decorations.Hard cover in green cloth slip case.
Published by Luzern, Faksimile-Verlag., 1990
Groß-4°. 38 x 33 cm. 680; 407 Seiten. Faksimileband: Weißer Original-Lederband auf vier Bünden in Original-Schmuckkassette in prachtvoller Ausstattung mit Gold- und Blindprägung und Metallbeschlägen. Kommentarband: Original-Halblederband mit schwarzgeprägtem Rückentitel und Deckelbezug aus Leinen im Original-Schuber mit Bezug aus kaschiertem Leinen. Nummer 910 von 1480 Exemplaren. Ausgabe in Deutsch [Kommentar] und Latein [Faksimile]. Das Faksimile mit 10 ganzseitigen Miniaturen (davon 4 Evangelistenporträts), 13 Incipitseiten, 10 Kanontafeln, 5 ganzseitigen Initialseiten und zahlreichen kleineren Schmuckinitialen, der Kommentarband mit schwarz-weißen und farbigen Abbildungen und der beiliegenden Klarsichtfolie zur Farbuntersuchung. Das um das Jahr 800 entstandene und umfangreich illuminierte Book of Kells stellt ein Meisterwerk insularer Buchmalerei dar und wurde im Jahr 2011 zum Weltkulturerbe erklärt. Es enthält neben den vier Evangelien einen von Eusebius von Cäsarea zusammengestellten Kanon über die Konkordanzverzeichnisse und besitzrechtliche Urkunden des Klosters von Kells. Vorderer Beschlag der Schmuckkassette oben mit kleiner Verfärbung, Schuber des Kommentarbandes mit wenigen, leichten Druckspuren. Sehr gutes Exemplar. Facsimile volume: original white leather binding with four raised bands in original decorative case, magnificently decorated with gold and blind embossing and metal fittings. Commentary volume: Original half leather with black embossed title on spine in original slipcase. Number 910 of 1480 copies. Edition in German [commentary] and Latin [facsimile]. The facsimile with 10 full-page miniatures (including 4 portraits of the Evangelists), 13 incipit pages, 10 canon tables, 5 full-page initial pages and numerous smaller decorative initials, the commentary volume with black-and-white and color illustrations and the enclosed transparent sheet for color examination. The extensively illuminated Book of Kells, created around the year 800, is a masterpiece of Insular illumination and was declared a World Heritage document in 2011. In addition to the four gospels, it contains a canon compiled by Eusebius of Caesarea on the lists of concordance and ownership documents of the monastery of Kells. Front fitting of the decorative case with small discoloration at the top, slipcase of the commentary volume with a few, slight pressure marks. Very good copy. Sprache: deutsch und latein.