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A fascinating guide to the major historical phases of scripts, with illustrations and transcriptions for each. The first edition.In the publisher's original pictorial boards.A pleasing guide to Western historical scripts, spanning from some of the earliest antiquities through to 1600. Examples of major phases discussed include Anglo-Saxon, Protogothic and Italian scripts.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-two monochrome plates showing the appropriate scripts. Collated, complete.Compiled by Michelle P. Brown, the professor of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. In the original pictorial boards. Externally, very smart. With slight sunning to the spine and light bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with very bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # 919Y75
Title: A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from ...
Publisher: The British Library, London
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Hardback
Illustrator: Not Stated
Condition: Very Good Indeed
Edition: First edition.
Book Type: book
Seller: The Isseido Booksellers, ABAJ, ILAB, Tokyo, Japan
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4to. (vi), 138pp. 52 plates. Original boards, slightly worn. Seller Inventory # Y21050101
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Ancient World Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 217 X 8 X 274 millimeters; 144 pages. Seller Inventory # 40572
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Seller: Turgid Tomes, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. University of Toronto Press, 1990. Hard cover, first edition. Fine condition with no dust jacket, as issued. Seller Inventory # SKU1082441
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Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrations within the text. Laminated pictorial boards. A fine copy. Seller Inventory # 14623
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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
4to, pp. [6], 138; 50 facsimile pages of scripts with transcriptions; pictorial yellow paper wrappers, fine. A useful reference for the identification and transcription of historical hands. Seller Inventory # 65213
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 138 pages. 11.00x8.75x0.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0802072062
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. book. Seller Inventory # D8S0-3-M-0802058663-5
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