The Book of Kells : ...fine art facsimile volume

Uniform Title: Bible. Gospels. Latin. Book of Kells 1990.
Language: Latin, English. In Latin; title page in German and English; commentary volume and prospectus in German.
Imprint: [Lucerne] : [Faksimile Verlag Luzern], ©1990.
Physical description: [681] pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm + 1 commentary volume (407 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 36 cm in slipcase 38 cm) + 1 prospectus portfolio (15 pages, [6] pages of plates : color illustrations, color facsimiles, portraits (1 color) ; 45 cm)

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Call number	Note	Status
ND3359 .K4 B53 1990 F		In-library use

Contents

Subjects: Bible. Gospels. Latin.; Book of Kells.; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Facsimiles.; Decoration and ornament, Celtic.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Celtic > Specimens.; Bible. Gospels.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Celtic.; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Genre: Facsimiles (Reproductions); Facsimiles; Specimens.

Publication date: 1990
Note: Full-color facsimile of the 8th cent. Latin manuscript (Ms. 58 in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin).; Issued with a commentary volume: The Book of Kells : MS 58 Trinity College Library Dublin : commentary / edited by Peter Fox.; One transparency inserted in commentary volume.; The facsimile ends with p. [680]. Title from p. [681].; Bound in publisher's white kidskin with raised bands. Issued in black leather presentation box with silver-plated mountings to upper cover and corners and gilt Celtic knotwork tooled on upper cover.; "A unique, limited edition of 1480 copies worldwide, numbered in arabic numerals. 80 copies numbered in roman numerals are ... reserved ... for the authors and collaborators, as well as for the publisher's archives."
Note: Also available via the World Wide Web.
Note: Special Collections & University Archives copy 1: No. LXVI. Imperfect: lacks prospectus.
ISBN: 9783856720315 (facsimile & commentary volume); 3856720316 (facsimile & commentary volume)